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All about Somatic Cell Counts

WEBSomatic cell count (SCC) is the number of somatic cells found in a millilitre of milk. Somatic cells (or “body” cells) are a mixture of milk-producing cells shed from the udder tissue …

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Information on recording your health and disease events: How to …

WEBOn farm health and disease recording: In March of 2014, ICBF launched a new page under the record events tab. This page is there to allow all farmers to record health and …

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Health and Genotypes: Another big step for ICBF

WEBThe IDB SNP chip has been used for nearly all of Ireland’s cattle genotyping and was developed by ICBF and its research collaborators, Teagasc etc., for our …

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Why record health and disease

WEBWhy record? To have healthier cows and calves! Health and disease are an ever increasing cost on Irish cattle farms. Recent work by ICBF and Teagasc has indicated substantial …

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Launch of Beef HealthCheck Online

WEBMichael Creed, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, launched the new phase of the Beef HealthCheck programme – Beef HealthCheck Online at the …

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New Maintenace Sub index In Brief

WEBThe maintenance sub-index can be used as a rough guide to predict mature cow-live weight. For example, as maintenance sub-index increases by €1 it is expected …

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How to access the Animal Health Ireland dashboards on ICBF

WEBTo gain access to the dashboards, simply login to your ICBF account. If you have forgotten your password, text the word PASS to 089 4577663 or alternatively, you …

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Health Statistics

WEBReturn to ‘Statistics’ Health Event Records 2018 – 2020

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What is HerdPlus

WEBHerdPlus is a tool that can benefit everyone no matter what your breeding goals are. The breeding and performance information that herd-owners receive through …

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Active Bull Lists

WEBActive Bull Lists for Dairy Herd. Index. Purpose. Economic Breeding Index. To breed cows for the dairy herd. Dairy Beef Index. The DBI is now available via the Beef Active Bull …

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Recording Birth Events

WEBBy recording birth event information on your HerdPlus, you are contributing vital data to genetic evaluations. You can record extra birth data on your newborn calves …

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Performance Testing

WEBThe testing involves exposing the bulls to uniform feeding and housing conditions, with the idea of further establishing the genetic potential of particular bulls (namely genetically …

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EBI – Breeding a Sustainable Future

WEBThe three pillars of sustainable agriculture are Economic, Social and Environmental and in that context, breeding plays a major role in all three pillars. In …

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Understanding the Economic Breeding Index (EBI).

WEBEBI is a single figure profit index aimed at helping farmers identify the most profitable bulls and cows for breeding dairy herd replacements. It comprises of information on seven …

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Gene Ireland Dairy

WEBThe most important one is the use of top genetic bulls that have been Genomically Selected and are available at a discounted rate. The introduction of Genomic Selection means the …

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