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These notes are cached from the old pages of the Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland. Grange is part of Teagasc [Irish Agriculture & Food Development Authority].  The Grange Pages will be online in late 2004. These notes will return to the Grange Pages then.  Meanwhile, they are hosted on the
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Technical Notes for Vets & Nutritional Consultants [This Index]

Achieving high Yield and high Digestibility with first-cut Silage

Are Mineral Tests in Milk reliable to assess Mineral Status of Cattle?

Background to Farm Nutrient Profile

Baled Silage - Development of reliable baled silage systems

Baled silage: Guidelines for making good quality winter feed

Biochemical variables and trace element analyses

Bovine abortion, perinatal & early postnatal problems

Bovine anaemia

Bovine fertility & control of herd infertility

Bovine hypocalcaemia & Milk Fever

Bovine illthrift / poor performance / weight loss

Bovine ketosis (mainly in dairy herds): Causes & Control

Bovine lameness & laminitis

Bovine magnesium supplements

Bovine mastitis, high SCC & milk drop

Bovine Mineral-Vitamin Balancers for Irish Maize Silage

Bovine mineral mixes

Bovine pica, urine drinking & depraved appetite

Bovine rough, faded coats

Calf feeding and management – future prospects

Calf health and immunity

Composition (dry matter, energy, protein, ash, major- and trace- elements) of common feedstuffs

Control of mineral imbalances in cattle & sheep: A reference manual for Advisers & Vets
(Calcium Imbalance, Hypocalcaemia and Milk Fever | Cobalt Deficiency | Copper Deficiency / Molybdenum Excess | Iodine Deficiency | Magnesium Deficiency, hypomagnesaemia and tetany | Manganese Deficiency | Phosphorus Deficiency | Selenium Deficiency | Selenium Toxicity | Sodium Deficiency | Zinc Deficiency)

Copper, selenium & iodine status in Irish Cattle: End of Project Report 4382

DM, major elements & trace elements in Irish grass, silage & hay

Grange breakpoints to assess blood, liver & milk tests in cattle & sheep

Iodine supplements for cattle, sheep & horses

Iodine supplementation of cattle. End of Project Report: Project No. 4381

Lamb Illthrift

Maximising output of beef within cost efficient, environmentally compatible forage conservation Systems

Optimum Mineral Nutrition of Cattle & Sheep on Irish Farms

Ovine Clinical Hypocalcaemia (so-called "Lambing Sickness" in Ewes)

Poisoning in Cattle & Sheep by Urea, Nitrates & Nitrites: Sources, Toxic Doses, Treatment & Prevention

Poisoning in sheep by copper (Cu): Control

Routine Prevention of Mineral Deficiencies in Beef Herds

Scour in cattle & sheep

Selenium toxicity in farm animals: treatment and prevention

Silage Gas - tabhair aire - Beware!

The Role of the Lab in the Investigation of Herd Health Problems: Intelligent Use of Lab Diagnosis

Urinary calculi in lambs & calves

Uterine prolapse in cattle [Geoff Manefield, PGF, Sydney]

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This page was last updated on Thursday February 26, 2004

 

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