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In One Ear & Out The Udder Podcast: Training heifers through the cowshed for teat sealing and beyond

Mar 30, 2022 | Biosecurity, Dairy, Milk Quality, Podcast

Emma Franklin & Kelly Goodare, Anexa Vet Services

Join Anexa Dairy Vets for this relaxed, yet informative, veterinary podcast for dairy farmers and their farm staff. This podcast series, In One Ear and Out the Udder is aimed at all staff on the farm, who are interested in learning more about the animal health issues affecting dairy cows in New Zealand. Designed to be an easy-listen while you are bringing the cows to the shed for milking or hosing down the yard, these interview-style chats aim to help create common knowledge on farm and provide some points for discussion amongst the whole farm team.

In this episode of Anexa’s Podcast, In One Ear and Out the Udder, vet Emma Franklin talks to experienced technician and dairy farmer Kelly Goodare. They talk about why training heifers is a job well worth doing before calving starts and Kelly shares her tips for getting heifers used to different types of cowsheds. Emma talks about the benefits of Teat Sealing heifers and asks Kelly what the farmers can do, beforehand and on the day, to make sure this crucial job runs smoothly and is hassle free. Whether you have a herringbone shed, a rotary shed or are using Anexa’s Teat Sealing Trailer, you and your team won’t want to miss this episode.

Other Anexa resources you may find helpful:

Teatsealant aftercare for heifers.pdf

 

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