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Replacement nutrition requirement for first lactation
Solution name: Replacement nutrition requirement for first lactation Aim: Our goal is to raise well-developed young lamb and to keep the number of days between the first and second lambing to a minimum.Description: The feeding of the young lamb is largely determined...
Grazing techniques
Solution name: Grazing techniques Aim: Find solution for sheep farms who based on grazing for those periods when the natural grassland is so poor (mainly summer period)Description: In dry climate: Enough yield and enough of good quality grass are available seasonally...
Forage crop production instead of grazing
Solution name: Forage crop production instead of grazing Aim: Ensure fluently high quality forage for all aged sheep in your flock. If possible produce forage crops on arable land instead of grazing on pour pastureDescription: In dry climate good quality grass and...
Managing gastrointestinal parasite infection
Solution name: Gastrointestinal parasite infection Aim: Decreasing the optimal life circumstance of worms and larves to avoid the critical infectionDescription: All around the world the internal parasites cause one of the biggest health issue that can cause economical...
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...
Mastitis prevention
Solution name: Mastitis prevention Aim: prevention of mastitis (udder health) detection of inflammation in early stage and treat it decrease predisposing factors increase efficiency of treatments Description: Mastitis has several negative impacts on milk production...
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...
Sources of high milk urea and how to avoid excess protein content, links between protein intake and urea, modalities for checking milk urea
Solution name: Sources of high milk urea and how to avoid excess protein content, links between protein intake and urea, modalities for checking milk urea Aim: Best practices for protein utilization of the feeds by lactating ewes using milk urea content as...
Methods to calculate vitamin and mineral content of feeds and pastures
Solution name: Methods to calculate vitamin and mineral content of feeds and pastures Aim: Calculate vitamin and mineral content of feeds and pastures to meet ewes requirement.Description: Ewes need a balanced diet containing energy (fat and carbohydrates), protein,...
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...
Two successful combinations of legume/cereal winter forage crops
Solution name: Two successful combinations of legume/cereal winter forage crops Aim: Giving examples of combinations of legume/cereal intercroping for winter forage crops that have been tested or used with satisfying results in central Greece.Description: Adding a...
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...