Health & Welfare
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Theme and dates announced for the 2020 British Cattle Breeders Club Conference
‘Focusing on succession to build a sustainable future’ is the theme for the 2020 BCBC Conference, taking place on 20-22 January at the Telford Hotel and Golf resort in Shropshire.
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Herds to eradicate BVD by 2022 thanks to 20 years of industry focus
MILTON KEYNES, UK, September 23, 2019 – Over two decades of industry focus on BVD has led to 90% of Scottish breeding holdings having a negative BVD status, and over 30 precent of English cattle breeding herds signing up to the BVDFree scheme. Over 7,000 herds in Wales have been screened for BVD through the Gwaredu BVD eradication scheme.
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Changes to the Holstein Type Merit Index in April 2019
In the upcoming April 2019 proof run, Holstein UK will implement a new Type Merit formula, which dictates the makeup of the overall Type Merit Index. NBDC geneticist, Darren Todd explains the changes to the formula.
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ARC team to speak at Clandeboye herd open day, Northern Ireland
On Wednesday 27th February, The Clandeboye Estate (County Down) will welcome visitors as part of the Northern Ireland Jersey Breeders’ Day.
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Traceability in the Dairy Industry
The UK food supply chain continues to become more integrated, driven by the requirement from retailers and the consumer for greater traceability. The Holstein UK Group provides a variety of services that can help producers to meet strict requirements, and also build a herd that is fit for purpose.
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Haplotypes – how worried should I be?
Farming Connect and AHDB Dairy invite you to Aintree Holsteins to find out more about how you can manage the potentially lethal and disruptive recessive disorders and haplotypes without compromising genetic gain. Owen Tunney from Willows vets will explain how a vet led approach at Aintree helped to identify problem animals and the steps taken to avoid mating two recessive Haplotype carriers. Darren Todd from HUK will discuss what the different Haplotype codes are, where they come from and their estimated frequency within the UK Holstein population. Also Marco Winters from AHDB Dairy will present new Indexes that can help improve calf survivability and reduce lameness.
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National BVD Survey 2017 shows progress but also areas of concern
Around 75% of farmers participating in the 2017 National BVD Survey said that the benefit of being free from BVD is between £10-40 per cow, writes Boehringer Ingelheim’s Matt Yarnall who led the survey.
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BVDFree reaches 1,000-herd landmark
The BVDFree England scheme reached a significant milestone this week, with 1,000 herds now registered to take part in the nationwide eradication scheme. In total 25,000 individual animal BVD statuses are searchable on the BVDFree database.
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AHDB stages calf rearing workshop at CCM Skipton
A well-attended calf rearing workshop led by AHDB Dairy was staged at Skipton Auction Mart alongside the same day’s Craven Dairy Auction and Yorkshire Holstein Club dairy show and sale, on Monday, April 24.
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New Mastitis PTA will be launched next month
A new mastitis genetic evaluation will be published by AHDB Dairy to coincide with the issue of next month’s bull proofs (4 April) for the dairy cattle breeds. The new evaluation gives an indication of a bull’s ability to transmit mastitis resistance on to his daughters and is expressed as a percentage on a scale of about -5 to +5.