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In addition to monitoring the subtle behavioural and activity patterns associated with the various stages of the fertility cycle and health parameters of dairy cows, heifers and calves, the electronic neck collars and eartags used by SenseHub Dairy can also act as ID tags for compatible milking parlours and automatic shedding gates.

With the innovative SenseHub® Dairy Youngstock system, farmers are now able to monitor and improve calf welfare from birth to 12 months, ensuring a thriving future for their farms.

Understanding how each individual cow, heifer or calf is faring in terms of their general wellbeing, reproductive status and milk quality is critical to ensuring the dairy herd is performing to its maximum potential.

Monitoring the reproduction and health indexes of individual dairy cows and heifers can tell the herd manager a lot about how each animal is being managed, but monitoring animals on a group-by-group basis can unlock a wealth of additional information which can be used to improve the overall herd’s performance.

Electronic identification is set to become mandatory for cattle, with introduction timescales expected to vary across the UK

Monitoring behavioural patterns of adult cows, first time calvers and maiden heifers for the purposes of heat detection and health monitoring can help herd managers to maximise the dairy herd’s productivity

Andrew Brewer talks to us about using the Allflex SenseHub system to highlight when cows are in heat and to identify any underlying health issues.

To assess the health and fertility of high yielding dairy cows and accurately and reliably spot heats in cows and heifers, the SenseHub herd monitoring system