Cattle & Sheep Fertility – LLM Farm Vets

Let’s talk…Cystic Ovaries

Beef, Dairy, Fertility

Let’s talk…Cystic Ovaries

A familiar scenario – you’ve been carefully observing your favourite cow in the weeks since calving, patiently waiting for her first heat… But nothing. She sails past your deadline for heat observation which prompts you to put her in for a vet check. With the aid of an ultrasound scanner […]

Sarah Bourne2024-03-13T09:41:19+00:00March 13th, 2024|Beef, Dairy, Fertility|

Post-calving management study

Beef, Dairy, Fertility, Management, Youngstock

Post-calving management study

We’re aware of the negative effects of poor calcium, excess negative energy balance and poor anti-oxidant status on reproductive performance but some new studies go into more detail on this, highlighting the strong relationship each of these elements have for getting a cow back in calf.

A recently published paper […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-05-03T11:29:46+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Beef, Dairy, Fertility, Management, Youngstock|

EBV’s Explained!

Beef, Dairy, Fertility

EBV’s Explained!

When selecting a sire for your cows there are many factors that can influence the appearance and performance of a bull so selecting “by eye” can be misleading. The only accurate way of assessing the genetic potential of an animal and what it can pass on to its youngstock is […]

LLM Farm Vets2022-08-04T14:07:32+00:00July 12th, 2022|Beef, Dairy, Fertility|

Scratching the surface of suckler fertility

Fertility, News

Scratching the surface of suckler fertility

For many of you spring calving may have only just got underway or is due to start soon, but it is never too early to start thinking about next year and getting those cows back in calf. In terms of fertility the overall aim for suckler herds is for each […]

LLM Farm Vets2022-04-13T08:59:21+00:00April 13th, 2022|Fertility, News|

Can you afford to neglect your breeding plan?

Dairy, Fertility, Management

Can you afford to neglect your breeding plan?

Rob Hall discusses how ‘right-sizing’ your breeding plan can add profit to your farm while helping you breed cows which are better for your business.

From 1st November 2021 Red Tractor has required all assured dairy farms to have a written breeding and management plan to summarise a farm’s breeding […]

LLM Farm Vets2021-12-10T13:16:55+00:00December 10th, 2021|Dairy, Fertility, Management|

Embryos, exports and the EU

Fertility

Embryos, exports and the EU

Despite the lockdown in the last 18 months, the ET department of LLM Farm Vets (UKET) has been very busy indeed. Perhaps it’s due to the lack of shows and more people have decided to carry on flushing despite the pandemic. Most of the ET work is still for the […]

LLM Farm Vets2021-11-10T16:43:10+00:00November 10th, 2021|Fertility|

What’s behind your pregnancy rate?

Fertility

What’s behind your pregnancy rate?

It is widely assumed that Pregnancy Rate (PR) is the best indicator to assess your herd reproductive performance. Defined as the proportion of eligible cows that become pregnant in a 21-day period, it tells you how fast cows are getting in calf after the voluntary waiting period. Fertility […]

LLM Farm Vets2020-09-16T14:08:51+00:00September 16th, 2020|Fertility|

Improving Sucker Herd Fertility

Beef, Fertility

Improving Sucker Herd Fertility

Roland Millar talks to us about suckler herd fertility

Suckler herds in the UK produce on average 87 calves for every 100 cows or heifers put to the bull. Maximising output each year from calves sold relies on minimising calf losses, aiming to […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-03-08T16:11:59+00:00March 8th, 2019|Beef, Fertility|

Why fertility is the answer to productivity

Fertility

Why fertility is the answer to productivity

With the various challenges the industry has been facing in recent years everyone has been looking at efficiency and cost cutting in all aspects of their farm businesses. Ian Cure discusses some real on farm successes where the focus has been on fertility as the driver for efficiency […]

LLM Farm Vets2019-03-04T15:44:50+00:00February 8th, 2019|Fertility|

Kiwi Fertility

Dairy, Fertility

Kiwi Fertility

Whilst the Kiwi style of farming is often referred to as “rough and ready” or “low input- low output”, I was really struck by the level of investment farmers were prepared to make when the cost benefit or “payback” of an investment was apparent. With tough targets to meet in […]

LLM Farm Vets2018-07-17T09:23:22+00:00June 12th, 2018|Dairy, Fertility|