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Common Birth Defects in Calves; Dwarfism, Taillessness & More

2021-10-28T21:00:14+00:00February 23, 2018|News|

Occasionally a seemingly ordinary cow or heifer will give birth to a calf with abnormalities. On the surface, everything could look ordinary with the sire too.

Regardless, these abnormalities occurred during gestation and may affect how their body looks, works or both.

0.5 -1.0 percent of calves are born with congenital defects, however not all birth defects in calves are genetic. Here are some defects that you might run into.

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What Makes Moocall HEAT Stand Out?

2021-10-28T21:02:16+00:00February 19, 2018|News|

Our latest product Moocall HEAT takes the hassle out of heat detection in cows and heifers.

The system - made up of an electronic neck collar for the bull and Moocall RFID tags for the cow - detects 98% of heats in cattle including silent heats.

While farming technology already has some solutions to heat detection, here's what sets our product apart.

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6 Factors That Affect Stock Bull Fertility

2021-10-28T21:02:29+00:00February 16, 2018|News|

When it comes to bulls, fertility is of upmost importance. Their job is securing the future of your herd, and if he can't do that to his best ability then it can put a farmer out of pocket.

Sometimes you can help him, sometimes you can't. Here are a number of things that affect a bull's fertility.

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How Breedmanager App’s Smart Lists Vastly Improve Farm Efficiency

2021-10-28T21:05:17+00:00January 30, 2018|News|

As beef and dairy sectors get increasingly competitive, efficiency and good organisation of farm operations becomes much more important.

Working smarter instead of harder can give you gains you wouldn’t have reaped in a month of Sundays.

One way you can achieve this is by using our free Breedmanager app Smart Lists to help manage your operation.

Each of the 4 lists work in a very similar way, so once you get the hang of one you’ll have them all sussed.

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Why Moocall Calving Sensor & Breedmanager App Are Great Together

2021-10-28T21:05:42+00:00January 26, 2018|News|

A well planned calving season is, more often than not, a successful calving season.

For many farmers, the Moocall calving sensor is key at calving time - but did you know it can be even better at if you use it with our Breedmanager app?

Ahead of a busy spring calving season, here are just a few advantages you can have when you use the app and the device in tandem.

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The Heat Cycle of Cows

2021-10-28T18:23:51+00:00January 22, 2018|Calving, News|

Welcome back, we are continuing in our series on the reproduction cycle of the cow.

In my last post we brought our cow through from just having given birth back to normal conditions to begin cycling again.

Now it’s time to discuss how that works and see what’s going on beside mounting all over the place flattening grass.

There are quite a few names going to be tossed around so here’s a quick reference if you need it:

Oestrus-the actual heat event
Estradiol-what makes the cow show all the signs of heat
Corpus Lutuem (CL)- The yellow body formed after ovulation
Corpus Albicans- the white remains of a regressed CL
Graafian Follicle- what the egg is stored in from birth to the heat it matures in
Prostaglandin (PGF2α)- the hormone that resets the cycle by regressing the CL, found in Estrumate and similar products

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4 Reasons the Red Rubber for the Moocall Calving Sensor is Brilliant

2021-10-28T21:06:07+00:00January 12, 2018|News|

If you are a Moocall owner and don’t have one of these, you should!

Why, you ask? Well here are four good reasons to get your hands on the new red rubber for the Moocall calving sensor:

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