by Francesca Harding | May 8, 2018 | Bolus Trials, Data Analysis, Reports & Publications, Research & Development
Lost in translation: from reticulum to rumen pH By Francesca Harding Scientific Officer A recently published study by one of our research customers explores how reticulum pH values measured using the eCow bolus can be converted into rumen ventral sac pH values....
by Francesca Harding | Mar 28, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Bolus Trials, Data Analysis
With the clocks going forward and the weather slowly improving it finally seems as though spring is on its way. With this our Farm Liason Officer David Selway noticed an interesting difference in pH data from our boluses over the last week. In this blog he explains...
by Francesca Harding | Mar 19, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Bolus Trials, Company News, Reports & Publications, Research & Development, Technology and innovation
Exploring gastric pH Through our many years of developing telemetry devices not only we have learnt a thing or two about the gastrointestinal pH of cows, but of several other species as well. As we now enter the fifteenth year of pH monitoring using rumen telemetry,...
by Francesca Harding | Feb 12, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Bolus Trials, Company News, Research & Development
This month has marked a first for eCow, our boluses have been deployed in a species of antelope at Knowsley Safari Park. Little is understood about the normal rumen pH of antelope, and so this can represent a substantial challenge when maintaining a healthy diet for...
by Francesca Harding | Oct 9, 2017 | Bolus Trials, Reports & Publications, Research & Development
One of the most common methods used to detect SARA (sub-acute rumen acidosis) is the measurement of rumen pH. Traditionally this is performed using invasive techniques which involve directly taking a sample of rumen liquid. Not only can this process be disruptive and...
by Toby Mottram | Dec 4, 2015 | Bolus Trials, Testimonials
In 2013 the University of Kentucky’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences in Lexington, KY trialed some of our boluses with the intention of monitoring how the rumen pH responds to an acidosis challenge. Unfortunately one of the boluses failed before the acidosis...
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