by Toby Mottram | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is now May 2020 and the world is adjusting to the new reality of slowing infections of a human disease. eCow is affected too, although we have managed to ship boluses since January to customers around the world. However many of our customers work patterns and the...
by Toby Mottram | Jun 26, 2019 | Company News, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Here in England we are having a cool rainy summer after a dry spring. The maize looks OK and most farmers had good crops of first and second cut silage. We recently had a request from a customer to put in some smarts to extend battery life. A software...
by Toby Mottram | Feb 15, 2019 | Company News, Research & Development, Shows and Events, Technology and innovation
Our highlights from Dairy-Tech 2019 By Francesca Harding Scientific Officer It’s been just over a week since we exhibited at Dairy-Tech 2019. We had a fantastic time at the show, it was great to see the eCow and Milkalyser stand so busy. Exhibiting alongside so many...
by Toby Mottram | Jan 21, 2019 | Company News, Research & Development, Shows and Events, Technology and innovation
Come and visit us at Dairy-Tech 2019! By Francesca HardingScientific Officer On February 6th eCow will be exhibiting at the 2019 Dairy-Tech show. Held at Stoneleigh Park, this is the second year eCow have attended the show. Dairy-Tech is a great chance for us to...
by Toby Mottram | Aug 10, 2018 | Animal health, Animal welfare, Nutrition, Reports & Publications, Technology and innovation
Forage length, milk yields and reticular pH By Francesca Harding Scientific 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 Toby Mottram | Jun 11, 2018 | Animal health, Food security, Reports & Publications
The Dairy Roadmap 2018 and sustainable dairy farming By Francesca Harding Scientific 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 Toby Mottram | 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 Toby Mottram | 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 Toby Mottram | 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 Toby Mottram | 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,...
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