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Whey Powder For Lambs ?

Created 03 November 2021

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Nz N Caps Explained

Nitrogen Caps Are Being Set For All Of Nz Farming Systems

Created 30 June 2021

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Farming Nz Future Thoughts

Food Production Not What It Used To Be ?

some future thougts of what could happen

Created 30 June 2021

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Stud Bull Catalogue 2021

Technipharm Infinity Yards For Stud Farming

Created 09 May 2021

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https://www.technipharm.co.nz/cattle-handlers-introduction-61

Humus Facts And Myths

Extracted From Dlg Mag May 2021

Created 04 May 2021

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Ecobag Whakatane For Paul Knight

Fully Enclosed Effluent Storage

Created 26 October 2020

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https://www.technipharm.co.nz/ecobag-effluent-storage-system-862

Environment And Energy Award

Magnation Key To Non Intrusive Water Treatment

Created 03 August 2020

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https://www.technipharm.co.nz/rainlike-water-through-magnation-885

Technipharm Profile

Fieldays On Line

Created 03 August 2020

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Fermenting And Soil Organics

Research On Soil Organics Delivers Interesting Outcomes

Soil managemnt is always an intersting subject of discussion, much is still unknown, but as the world is looking for solutions of weanig itself off oil and chemicals interesting solutions emerge

Created 02 August 2020

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Auto Calf Feeders Report 2020

Feeding Calves Automated Reduces Labour

Auto feeders have been around for a long time, as one of NZ few remaing manufacturers of feeders TechniPharm has a 30 year history in providing feeders, from the early Irish Le Grains to the ROBOT feeder ( made in NZ)

This Report prepared by the Dairy Exporter June 2020

Created 27 June 2020

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https://www.technipharm.co.nz/robot-auto-calfeeders-32

Achieve More With Less

Irrigation And Water Storage In Nz

Report from ANZ on details of existing and future opportunity and importance of water and irrigation in NZ

Created 27 June 2020

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Twin Oak Angus

Bull Sale 2020

Our team was fortunate to attend this year Bull sale at Twin Oak where some years ago we installed a High Performance Yard and Highflow 260 Cattle Handler and auto drafter .

We congratulate Roger and Susan with yet an outstanding sale .

Top price 40k with a couple of other lots going for around 25k, then between 8 and 11k with the lower prices around 4-5k. Total Bulls for sale 48.

R&S happy with the sale considering the current environment and grateful they were able to have the sale with the lifting of group restriction from 10 to 100.

Yards looked in very good order and is a credit to what was designed for the purpose and installed at the time.

Created 07 June 2020

Water, Is There Enough?

Report On Global Water Sources And Supply

Mc Kensey and company report on Global water

Created 07 May 2020

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Pain Relief For Lame Cows

Why Not?

By Vet South

For many of us when treating lame cows, the standard treatment is to do a corrective trim of the problem area and if it is a moderate or severe lameness then apply a hoof block to the other claw. This has been the standard treatment for many years, however only a small percentage of farmers and vets consider using a pain relief/anti-inflammatory on top of this eg. Metacam, Key, or Rimadyl. When we actually stop to think about this, it is quite interesting why pain relief is not commonly used. Lameness is described as being one of the most painful conditions for a dairy cow. This is easily seen with a lame cow limping down the track, instantaneously dropping their milk production, rapidly losing condition and having very poor fertility. The aim should be to return these cows back to normality as soon as possible so they can become productive again, and to minimise the welfare concerns of that cow.

A recent study shows the effectiveness of different treatments for lame cows. This study showed a drastic improvement of cure rates when adding a pain relief on top of the standard treatments. Newly lame cows were given 1 of 4 different treatment regimes, they were then assessed to identify their cure* rates 35 days post the initial treatment.

The following cure rates were observed:
- Corrective trim only 25%
- Corrective trim + hoof block 36%
- Corrective trim + 3 days of pain relief 29%
- Corrective trim + hoof block + 3 days of pain relief 56%

This study shows that by a large margin the most successful treatment is adding in a hoof block and 3 days of pain relief on top of corrective trimming. When comparing this treatment regime to corrective trimming alone, it more than doubles the cure rate**. When the treatment period shortens the cow will improve their productivity, condition and fertility faster, hence in the long run will be more profitable. This is particularly important with lame cows early on in the season or during mating.

Next time when treating lame cows consider using some pain relief to get better and faster cure rates, this is definitely going to become the normal treatment regime over time. Have a yarn to your KeyVet about which type of pain relief is best for your farm systems.

*cure = a DairyNZ locomotion score of 0 after 35 days since treated

** The difference in cure rates between treatment regime 1 and 4 was statistically significant

Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows in a randomized controlled trial (H. J Thomas et al). Journal of Dairy Science 2015