Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Reproduction Week: Detecting Heat

Detecting heat in cattle means that we are looking for signs that she is wanting to be bred. These include signals like standing to be mounted, mounting or being mounted by other cows, and valvular discharge. 

Here is a picture of a livestock marker which we can use by simply painting a red line on the base of the tail. Once an animal has been marked, if she is in heat we can see if the red line is rubbed away and we can also find the cow that tried to ride the marked one. This helps assist with visual observation which is the method used for most heat detection on every farm! 





Today we shipped 4,693 gallons of milk.

There were no new calves born today. 
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