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Lameness
Solution name: Lameness Aim: The aim is not to have lame lambs.Description: The lamb is under its mother and after weaning in the fattening house.Topic: Health Production: Dairy / Meat Animal Category: Ewes/Lamb/Replacements Issue: Lameness Level of...
Respiratory issues of lambs
Solution name: Respiratory issues of lambs Aim: Reduce of lamb mortality and permanent damage of lungsDescription: One of most common problems of indoor fattening lambs with sudden high temperature, hard breathing and drooling is respiratory pasteurellosis. It can be...
Lambs with joint ill
Solution name: Lambs with joint ill Aim: Avoid the skeletal and joint disordersDescription: In Hungary, it causes higher losses mainly in lamb rearing. It develops through an open wound formed during an umbilical cord infection and possible tail shortening. Infection...
Withdrawal dates aide-memoire
Title: Withdrawal dates aide-memoire Need/issue: Shed Management Introduction: It is important to know the withdrawal dates of health products and the withdrawal period, to make sure animals sent to abattoirs are outwith that period. We use a laminated sheet in the...
Identifying trained hoggs for feeding
Title: Identifying trained hoggs for feeding Need/issue: Weaning transition management/post-weaning management: adaptation to new feeding regime Introduction: Naïve replacements which spent most of their live grazing need to be trained to eat concentrates feeds or...
Super Crook
Title: Super Crook Need/issue: When needing to treat an ewe with lameness or to check for mastitis, it is important to catch the relevant animal whilst in the field. Introduction: The super crook is a long pole with a grabbing hook at the end, allowing the farmer to...
Hand-made dosing gun holster
Title: Hand-made dosing gun holster Need/issue: Shed Management Introduction: We use the cut-off top of a bottle, that can be fixed on the side of the conveyor/handling system, as a holster for the dosing gun. Country: United Kingdom Dairy or/and meat sheep:...
Health products dosages aide-memoire
Title: Health products dosages aide-memoire Need/issue: It is important to know the amount required and dosage of the different health products for your animals. Introduction: Writing the dosage in big letters on the bottle of product, next to the handling race/dosing...
Lambing management
Solution name: Lambing management Aim: Increasing production efficiency and profitability, decreasing lamb mortality, meeting marketing needs – seasonality and fattening our lambs for heavier weight, human resources reduction.Description: Although the Hungarian sheep...
Online history of grazing routes to remember and improve grazing routes in the next year
Solution name: Online history of grazing routes to remember and improve grazing routes in the next year Aim: Improve grazing routes, remember points of interest in the grazing routes, remember best grazing grounds for next year, cooperate with other farmers grazing in...
Practical advices on Artificial feeding in new-born lambs
Solution name:Practical advices on Artificial feeding in new-born lambs Aim: Proper implementation of artificial feeding, so that the farmers get the best results both in the development of lambs and on milk production of ewes.Description: Artificial feeding is an...
Control of Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (Maedi Visna) at farm level
Solution name: Control of Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (Maedi Visna) at farm level Aim: Our aim is to give clear instructions for the control of Maedi Visna in farms, which can be applied in practice and have been tested in the flocks of ELGO-DIMITRA.Description: Ovine...
Prevention strategies against Contagious agalactia
Solution name: Prevention strategies against Contagious agalactia Aim: Hereafter we propose the basic steps for preventing sheep against Contagious agalactia.Description: Infections of sheep with species of genus Mycoplasma may cause disease called Contagious...
Prevention strategies against Clostridial diseases
Solution name: Prevention strategies against Clostridial diseases Aim: Hereafter we propose the basic steps for preventing sheep against Clostridial diseasesDescription: The bacterial species of genus Clostridium are anaerobic microorganisms that might be present in...
Record and review self-evaluation checklist for daily milking parlour maintenance inspection
Solution name: Record and review self-evaluation checklist for daily milking parlour maintenance inspection Aim: Optimal use and maintenance of milking parlour equipment in between of routine service calls, in order to ensure high-quality milk harvesting while...
Prevention of lamb diseases through proper new-born management
Solution name:Prevention of lamb diseases through proper new-born management Aim:To give the appropriate instructions for the care and management of lambs immediately after birth, in order to lay the foundations for the protection against specific diseases and the...
Detailed data keeping for health management to organise farms’ health plan / Use of smartphone or/and computer applications to get reminders
Solution name: Detailed data keeping for health management to organise farms’ health plan / Use of smartphone or/and computer applications to get reminders Aim: Improve health management of the flock. Prevent health problems and misuse of medicines.Description:...
Parasitism management in grazing animals
Solution name:Parasitism management in grazing animals Aim: Management measures to interrupt the cycle of infection of grazing animals through life forms of the parasites excreted by parasitized animals and hosted on the vegetation.Description: Parasitism by internal...
Effect of ewe genotype on ewe productivity and lifetime performance
Title: Effect of ewe genotype on ewe productivity and lifetime performance Need/issue: Lifetime performance/productivityIntroduction: A key factor influencing profitability from lamb production is ewe productivity; that is the number of lambs weaned per ewe joined...
Genetics of fat and protein contents in sheep milk
Title: Genetics of fat and protein contents in sheep milk Need/issue: Fat and protein contents in milkIntroduction Milk yield represents more than two-thirds of the total income of the dairy sheep industry. Thus, increasing milk yield is still the most profitable...
Does Shearing Lambs Improve Performance?
Factsheet name: Does shearing lambs improve performance? Need / Issue: Lamb managementIntroduction: In Ireland approximately 20% of the annual sheep kill occurs between January and March. Some of these sheep (March born) are housed for a finishing period and offered...
Dairy Sheep Farms are Net Producers of Proteins for Human Feeding
Factsheet name: Dairy sheep farms are net producers of proteins for human feeding Need / Issue: Feed/food competitionIntroduction Ruminants are often singled out as eating more food for human consumption than they produce. However, these claims need to be qualified....
Management of replacements
Factsheet name: Management of replacements Need / Issue: Management of replacement ewe lambsIntroduction: Ewe lamb management is quite pertinent in a sheep production system and provides great benefits on maximizing the profit. Replacements are a major cost in...
Male lambs – leave entire or castrate
Factsheet name: Male lambs – leave entire or castrate Need / Issue: How best to manage male lambsIntroduction: Traditionally, male lambs are castrated at birth in mid-season grass-based systems of prime lamb production, reflecting practical issues related to...
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