The Dairy Edge: Genocells

Hosted by Alan Twomey, Dairy & Beef Geneticist with Munster Bovine, he was joined by: Elaine Dennehy, Munster Bovine – discussing vaccination and supporting calf health and performance. Murt Ryan, Beef Specialist with NCBC – sharing breeding advice and highlighting a selection of sires from the 2027 Suckler Catalogue for producing quality weanlings.

Dennis Howard was joined by Elaine Dennehy and Alan Twomey on this webinar, where they looked at two tools available to help farmers better understand and manage SCC. Elaine Dennehy explained how Genocells can help identify the individual cows contributing to high bulk tank SCC, giving farmers valuable information to help get to the source of an SCC problem. Alan Twomey will discussed our new High SCC Cows – Probability of Future Cure report, which uses age, SCC history and time of year to indicate the likelihood of a high SCC cow returning to a low SCC in future tests.

James Skehan was recently on The Beef Edge discussing his breeding programme and his AI synchronisation planning. For the full podcast go to The Beef Edge Podcast.

Dennis Howard hosted Ger Cusack and Ned Dunphy from Greenway AgriTraining in this webinar focused on Summer Lameness Management. During the webinar, we covered: 🐄 Understanding the causes of Mechanical lameness 📈 The impact of good mobility on herd performance and longevity 🎓 An overview of Greenway AgriTraining's lameness training programmes and how they can support farmers in improving hoof health and cow welfare 👣 Sound Cow Innovation Programme (SCIP), a pilot initiative with AHI involving 10 commercial dairy farms in Munster and the Midlands

Elaine Dennehy spoke about the Herd Health Programme and was joined by special guest Catherine McAloon (UCD) who shared expert insights on: ✔️ Recognising the signs and symptoms of Mycoplasma ✔️ Understanding the risks to your herd ✔️ Prevention and management strategies for Summer Scour Syndrome ✔️ What farmers should be watching for this summer