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7 november 2018 | vikingnews forced to cull
cows
because of
health
problems. this is now a very rare oc- currence,
cows
stay in the herd and produce well, and we are very satis- fied with these results.? dolby also mentions that hoof
health
has im- proved a lot and
farm
employees per- form hoof trimming on animals. there is no occurrence of disorders such as sole ulcer. better profitability and easy to manage herd dolby emphasises that focusing on medium size is beneficial in terms of better profitability and the
cows
are easy to manage. ?our
cows
are easy to take care of and it is pleasing to walk through the barn and see all the
cows
are doing well and none has
health
problems because they are too big.? future breeding goal at fuglsøgaard
farm
the future breeding goal will stay fo- cused on breeding for a holstein cow that is moderate in size and main- taining the heavy focus on improving udder
health
. ?we are aiming to in- crease time in production by one more year and achieve 15,000 kg milk average production per cow per year with an average lifetime produc- tion of 50,000 kg milk?, he states. fuglsøgaard
farm
proves that giv- ing medium size and
health
a high priority in the breeding strategy defi- nitely yields excellent results. most importantly, this investment in genet- ics pays off more and more with each generation of
cows
, and with the con- sistent focus on improving specific traits over time, the improvement in herd performance is easy to see. what is more, genetic improvement is per- manent and does not require any ex- tra effort from dairymen. fuglsøgaard
farm
in numbers ? 550 vikingholstein
cows
? 12,880 kg milk, 3.97% fat, 3.42% protein ? average daily production per cow: 45.8 kg ? scc 140,000 mastitis frequency: 1% ? hoof disorders frequency: 3% it is pleasing to walk through the barn and see all the
cows
are doing well and none has
health
problems because they are too big erik dolby, owner of fuglsøgaard
farm
.
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