Footbath Design and Use - MDC-D-18-04
Duration 3 years
Team and Leader Milk Development Council
Organisations Involved Milk Development Council
Background and Summary
To investigate current footbath and configurations.
To find the design giving most contact between solution and hoof.
To examine the siting of footbaths.
To develop a manual containing the results of research.
Strategies for reducing lameness in Northern Ireland Dairy Herds - D-23-04
Duration 5 years - commencing September 2004
Team and Leader Drs Niamh O'Connell, Alistair Carson, Maurice McCoy and David Logue (SAC)
Organisations Involved ARINI, VSD and SAC Auchincruive.
Background and Summary
Lameness costs Northern Ireland producers approximately £10m per year (£2000 per herd), which equates to 10% of the variable cost of milk production. This cost is due to reduced fertility and milk yield, increased culling rates and treatment costs. Key factors contributing to lameness are difficulties detecting and treating problems at an early stage.
Read more: Strategies for reducing lameness in Northern Ireland Dairy Herds - D-23-04
Dairy Projects
Completed
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Developing Improved Heifer Rearing Systems - D-03-97
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A Comparison of Four Contrasting Milk Production Systems for Winter Calving High Genetic Merit Cows - D-05-98
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A comparison of three contrasting systems of milk production for Spring calving dairy cows - D-29-06
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Alternative forages for dairy cattle - D-20-04
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An Examination of the Potential Contribution of Cross Breeding to Improve the Profitability of Dairying in Northern Ireland - D-11-00
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Are International Dairy Sire Genetic Evaluations Relevant to Milk Production Systems in NI - D-06-98
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Comparison of the performance of two cow genotypes within a low input grazing system and a high input total confinement system (D-45-08)
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Control of botulism in Cattle - VSD-DB-34-06
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Dairy Herd Fertility - Examination of Effects of Increasing Genetic Merit and Other Herd Factors on Reproductive Performance - D-07-98
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Developing supplementation strategies for dairy cows - A new approach incorporating cow status and cow potential - D-17-03
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Development of Improved Methods for Rationing Dairy Cattle - D-02-97
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Development of methodology to enable prediction of actual manure N output from dairy cows in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Northern Ireland - D-27-05
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Economic Evaluation of Holstein Bull Beef Production - DB-24-04
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Effect of nutritional management during the first 42 days post calving on ‘lactational’ performance, uterine health, and subsequent reproductive performance post partum (D-50-10)
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Range of Time-Temperature Pasteuriastion Combinations - DCNI-D-09-99
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Expanding Output Efficiency in Environmentally Friendly Systems - D-12-01
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Expanding output efficiently in Environmentally Friendly Systems (Extension) - D-19-04
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Footbath Design and Use - MDC-D-18-04
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Grass Check 3 - Monitoring of grass and clover growth and sward quality across NI - D-34-07
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Improving heifer rearing regimes on farms in Northern Ireland - D-30-06
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Improving the effeciency of grass utilisation and nutrient use from slurry under rotational grazing by dairy cows - D-35-07
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Improving the efficiency of grass and nutrient use from slurry under rotational grazing by dairy cows D-39-08
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Increasing dairy cow intakes by optimising feeding system design - D-33-06
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Low input forages for dairy cow production systems - D-21-04
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Managing first lactation heifers to maximise welfare and productivity - QUB-D-40-08
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Monitoring and prediction of grass growth in Northern Ireland- Grass Check 2 - D-22-04
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On-farm Monitoring of Grass Growth, Grass Quality and Herbage Intakes of Dairy Cows in Northern Ireland - D-08-98
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Optimum Northern Ireland Milk Production systems, with milk prices between 16 and 21 ppl - D-15-03
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Producing a Booklet on `Improving Milk Composition in the Dairy Herd' - D-01-97
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Production of a CD on 'Using research information to reduce the costs of producing milk, beef and sheep' - DBS-04-97
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Reducing organic nitrogen outputs from dairy cows and beef cattle in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones - DB-16-03
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Strategies for reducing lameness in Northern Ireland Dairy Herds - D-23-04
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The effect of increasing calf growth rate in the first 2 months of life on subsequent lifetime performance - DB-14-03
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The effect of protein levels in dairy cow diets on body reserves throughout lactation - D-31-06
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The Effect of the Type of Dietary Supplement on the Performance of the Grazing Dairy Cow - D-13-02
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To Assess the Potential of the Norwegian (NRF) Breed as a Means of Improving the Fertility and Health Status of the Northern Ireland Dairy Herd - D-10-00
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To Investigate if MAP can Survive the Spray Drying Process - DCNI-D-25-04
Ongoing
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Benchmarking the control of BVD in NI - VSD-D-41-08
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Development of sustainable milk production systems designed to reduce environmental impact and maximise animal welfare - D-37-07
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Effect of three different concentrate build up strategies in early lactation on production performance health and fertility of high-yielding dairy cows - D-54-11
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Effectiveness of different footbath solutions in the treatment of digital dermatitis in cows - D-35-06
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GrassCheck 4 (D-51-10)
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Improving nutrient management within intensive grassland based dairy systems D-43-08
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Improving the diagnostics of Bovine Johne's Disease at the herd and animal level - VSD-D-42-08
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Improving the efficiency of feed resource use within the diets of confined dairy cows through precision feeding and improved concentrate allocation strategies (D-56-11)
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Influence of breed, diet and body condition score on lameness in cattle - D-32-06
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Maximising Returns from Beef Progeny Sourced in the Dairy Herd - DB-26-05
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Measurement of grass growth and utilisation and herd performance to enable the development and implementation of decision support systems to optimise performance in different regions of Northern Ireland - D-28-06
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RCF 03/2010: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emmissions from the Northern Ireland Dairy Sector
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Survey to determine prevalence of NI suckler and dairy herds with evidence of current or recent infection with BVD virus (RCF-01)
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