AI is a technique for impregnating females with the semen of superior quality bulls without the need for keeping a bull. It has been most widely used for breeding dairy cattle and has made bulls of high genetic merit available...

Genetic improvement is a powerful tool for improving animal agriculture sustainability because the results are permanent and cumulative. Unlike nutritional and animal health interventions, which require continuous inputs, genetic improvements are made in one generation are passed onto the next...

Project aims and objectives:

The main aim of the project is to determine which factors are responsible for mastitis incidence at Maestanyglwyden; specifically exploring how BCS and weather (ambient temperature and...

Project Objectives: 

The main objective of the project is to establish the true incidence of the OPA within the flock by using thoracic...

Project aims: 

• AI insemination is a tool that provides an affordable way for farmers to access superior genetics
• Farmers also have the ability to synchronise their cattle to...

Project aims:

• Work that will be carried out will follow the newly formed Gwaredu BVD program. The ambition of the Gwaredu BVD project is to collect blood samples from...

Project aims:

• With such variation and tight margins with winter finishing, finishers must look to gain a better understanding...

This module describes the importance of adequate colostrum supply and maintenance of hygiene when calving.

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