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Caring For Calves

For managers of teams involved in the care of calves from the paddock through the first few days of a calf’s life. Simple processes, to make sure that every calf has the best possible start.

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Calves

Body Condition Scoring Made Easy Field Guide

Condition score (BCS) your dairy herd accurately and consistently by using this handy field guide for objective levels for animal measurement.

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Body condition score

Body Condition Scoring Reference Guide

Aims to provide advice on body condition score (BCS) targets, management strategies, and an overview of how to get accurate and consistent results.

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Body condition score

FeedChecker calculator

The FeedChecker calculator is a robust way to ensure you are optimising feed allocation throughout the year.

Tools & Apps

Nutrition

Ranking of Active Sires

The RAS list is published by NZAEL, an independent animal evaluation body working alongside breeding companies for greater genetic gains.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Bull Search

Search for an individual bull or set criteria to produce a list of bulls to suit your requirements.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Bull Team

Simply use the RAS list or search below to add bulls. This page will update with your new selections.

Tools & Apps

Breeding decisions

Heifer Development Plan

Growing heifers well, so that they meet their liveweight targets, can improve farm productivity and profitability. Use this tool to set a plan for the first two years of a heifer's life.

Tools & Apps

Heifers

Lameness field guide

A farmer's guide to treating lameness.

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Lameness

How to Apply Heat Patch Detectors

One page guide on how to apply heat patch detectors

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Repro and mating



How to Apply Tail Paint

One page guide on how to apply tail paint

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Repro and mating



Humane Slaughter Information Pack

This pack contains everything you need to know about humane slaughter

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Welfare



Improving Cow Fertility and Lifetime Productivity article

Some key outcomes of major research programme is investigating management and genetic solutions to improve cow fertility, health and longevity.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Body condition at calving gap calculator

This is an InCalf gap calculator tool. It measures the difference between the herd’s actual and desired body condition (BCS) profile at calving and assesses the likely impact of this difference on herd reproductive performance and milksolids production.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Bull management practices tool

This is a tool to assess bull management practices on the farm and the risk that they may reduce herd reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Calving pattern tool

This is a gap calculator tool. It assesses your herd’s calving pattern and its impact on herd reproductive performance.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Fertility focus user guide

This guide explains how Fertility Focus Report results are calculated and should be interpreted.

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Repro and mating



InCalf - Heifer rearing tool

This gap calculator assesses the growth of a given group of heifers versus liveweight-for-age targets, and its impact on reproductive performance and milksolids production.

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Animal



InCalf - Length of mating period calculator

This gap calculator tool assesses the impact on herd reproductive performance of extending or reducing the length of the mating period.

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Repro and mating



InCalf book

The InCalf 4-step continuous improvement process. for making better herd reproductive management decisions.

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Repro and mating



Increased Risk of Theileria infection farmer advisory

Notification on increased risk of Theileria infection in cows.

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Health

Introducing Smartsamm Mastitis Focus Report

Introducing the SmartSAMM Mastitis Focus report.

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Mastitis



Johne's Disease Laboratory Testing

This guide provides information on laboratory testing for Johne’s disease for both veterinarians and farmers.

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Health



Johne's Disease Management

This guide provides risk management tools to combat Johne’s Disease and protect against the spread of Johne’s infection in the herd.

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Health



Lameness scoring poster

A farmer's guide to lameness scoring

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Lameness



Lower Cell Count and Bottom Line

Find out more about the importance of benchmarking. These "percentile" figures provide industry benchmarks.

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Mastitis



Making The Right Decision For Cull Cows

Decision tree to help make the right decision for cull cows before transporting

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Welfare



Mastitis Focus Fact Sheet - Previous Dry Off Strategies

Understanding your Smart Samm report for previous dry-off strategies.

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Mastitis



Mastitis Focus Factsheet - Clinical Mastitis

How to understand your clinical mastitis report.

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Mastitis



Mastitis Investigation Kit

The kit provides a resource that professional advisors can use to gather information during a full mastitis investigation.

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Mastitis



Minimising lameness poster

Easy-to-follow guide showing how you can minimise the chance of lameness in your herd.

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Lameness



Monitor bulk milk somatic cell counts - Smartsamm Technote 11

How to monitor bulk milk SCC

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Mastitis

NZAEL Criteria for Sire, Cow and Herd Statistics

This document outlines the criteria for sires, cows, and herds to be included in NZAEL data

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Breeding decisions