by Francesca Harding | Aug 10, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Nutrition, Reports & Publications, Technology and innovation
Forage length, milk yields and reticular pH By Francesca HardingScientific Officer A recent study by Harper Adams University used eCow boluses to investigate the impact of grass silage chop-lengths on herd health in the UK. Funded by AHDB-Dairy, researchers examined...
by Francesca Harding | Jun 11, 2018 | Animal health, Food security, Reports & Publications
The Dairy Roadmap 2018 and sustainable dairy farming By Francesca HardingScientific Officer At the end of last month The Dairy Roadmap 10th Anniversary report was launched in the house of commons. Compiled by Dairy UK, the NFU, and AHDB; the report details the...
by Francesca Harding | May 8, 2018 | Bolus Trials, Data Analysis, Reports & Publications, Research & Development
Lost in translation: from reticulum to rumen pH By Francesca HardingScientific 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 | Apr 23, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, VirtualVet
This month our blog from the VirtualVet team is a round up of the most important international agricultural news, and what it could mean for the dairy industry both home and abroad. By Sinead Quealy Ireland Ireland is in the midst of fodder crisis which is having...
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 | Mar 14, 2018 | Animal health, Company News, Technology and innovation, VirtualVet
The first of March’s VirtualVet blogs brings with it some exciting news; both VirtualVet and Milkalyser, eCow’s sister company, will be involved in the roll out of 5G in the UK. The UK government awarded £25 million to several consortiums to pave the way...
by Francesca Harding | Feb 27, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, VirtualVet
It’s time for the second VirtualVet blog for February. Following on from this months first blog commenting on #Februdairy, this blog focuses on the recent 2018 NFU conference held in Birmingham. Following lots of interesting discussion this blog highlights two...
by Francesca Harding | Feb 16, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Uncategorized, VirtualVet
Here is the most recent blog from our colleagues at VirtualVet in Ireland. This month they consider the #Februdairy twitter campaign, designed as a response in response to veganuary the campaign has proved controversial but has also lead to many interesting...
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...
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