Experts discussed common pregnancy-checking methods, including palpation, ultrasound and blood-based tests, noting that each ...

It's weaning time and I hope most of you are planning your herd "preg check." If you have not incorporated this management practice in the past, please do so this year so that you won't feed ...

Now we have another good excuse to cull cows due to bad temperament. Producers who routinely breed cows artificially realize that cows that are unruly and nervous are less likely to conceive to ...

STAPLES, Minn. — Minnesota’s cow-calf herd continues to face challenges in growth. The ins-and-outs of the industry were discussed Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the first of nine Cow/Calf Days put on by the ...

Decisions a cattle producer makes about pregnant cow nutrition now can have major impacts on calf health in the spring and cow fertility during the next breeding season. "The great majority of fetal ...

Farmers ought to know the cows that are working for them instead of keeping needless stock. The quicker a cow gets pregnant by shortening the calving period, the more milk the farmer gets and the more ...

Dr Richard Tanui (in apron) a veterinary official at EldoSirikwa dairy consultants carries out a pregnancy test using a latest technology with an ultrasound camera used in cow pregnancy scanning.

Dr. Ibrahim Kemboi (right) the vet in charge of chemusian farm in Nakuru county with staff members about to draw blood for pregnancy-testing of cows in the farm Identifying if a cow has become ...

ALMOST 50% of suckler cows calve in the months of March and April, so a large proportion of beef cows are now in the final 2 – 3 months of pregnancy. There are a few important management tasks to be ...