Breeding
Breeding and Fertility
A detailed survey is currently being carried out across 300 dairy farms in N. Ireland to assess current management practices and priorities for technology transfer. This is a joint project with AFBI, Hillsborough![[external site]](extlink.gif)
and the Survey is being conducted by CAFRE Dairying Development Advisers. Areas of management being assessed include: calf rearing, breeding management, health and welfare and attitudes to research and technology transfer. This work is due to be completed in late 2007 and reports will be available in early 2008.
and the Survey is being conducted by CAFRE Dairying Development Advisers. Areas of management being assessed include: calf rearing, breeding management, health and welfare and attitudes to research and technology transfer. This work is due to be completed in late 2007 and reports will be available in early 2008.Also see:
The Dairy Heifer 2000 project at Greenmount Campus is managed in partnership with J. Bibby Agriculture. The project aims to demonstrate heifer rearing skills using the heifers born within the Campus dairy herds. The project commenced in September 1997 and is expected to run for five years. The project aims to demonstrate a cost effective rearing system for high production dairy heifer replacements by managing heifers to achieve the following targets.
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in genetic merit in UK dairy herds. This rapid increase has largely been attributed to the importation of semen from North America and Europe, coupled with advances in progeny testing schemes and the introduction of advanced techniques to evaluate progeny test data from different countries.
This link takes you to information and data on the work being carried out by CAFRE on dairy cow fertility including The Dairy Herd Fertility Challenge, Fertility Benchmarking Online, and the Fertility performance of the Greenmount Campus Future Herd.