Dairy and Farm Solutions
Understand your cows from within
How It Works
A holistic approach providing you with unique insights and supporting you in taking the best decisions based on comprehensive knowledge.
The unique, award-winning system measures key parameters at the safest and most accurate point in the body. Inner body temperature and movement activity are monitored directly in the reticulum. We guarantee top quality real-time data.
The certified measurement device in the form of a bolus offers highest levels of safety. The measurement position inside the cow means there is no risk of loss of the device or injury to your animal. Both the sensor and the data are tamper-proof and all information can be clearly assigned to a specific animal.
It is easy and convenient to use. Once the bolus has been administered there’s no more animal-side work to do. No adjustments to be made due to changes in weight, no checks to make sure the sensor is in place. The system doesn’t need you to do any of that. You simply receive valuable, high quality data direct from the inside – with no additional workload or expense: all you need is a smartphone or a PC .
We deliver valuable information that helps you to understand your cows even better.
Moreover, we can monitor different fame assets at the same time.
Early detection
Early detection means you’re informed about processes that are not visible to you from the outside; So you can take action early on – and the sooner you identify the problem, the more you can limit any impact it may have on the cow.
Early detection enables you to take preventative action. This has a positive impact on your cows, your day-to-day workload and your farm.
But what does early detection mean exactly?
Inner body temperature changes as soon as the immune system reacts to germs and stress. You no longer need to wait until initial clinical symptoms become visible.
Early detection enables you to spot first signs of changes inside the cow’s body. The system continuously measures inner body temperature as well as other parameters – so you can take appropriate action at an early stage, care for your cows in an optimal way and safeguard their milk production.
Health Monitoring
Healthier Dairy Cows.
Shortened Disease Progression.
Less Antibiotics.
Animal health is decisive for productivity and the efficient operation of a dairy farm. Only healthy and productive cows can give the best possible results. The sooner you identify a health problem, the faster you can take action and thus reduce development of serious disorders on your farm.
WHAT ARE THE ENEFITS OF EARLY DETECTION?
You reduce disease outbreaks and prevent the development of serious disorders. This also enables you to minimize the use of strong medication and to considerably reduce length of treatment. Cases that are detected early on may only require anti-inflammatory medication, or later on – unless it’s already too late – an antibiotic.
HEALTHY COWS SAFEGUARD OPERATING RESULTS
Using preventative health monitoring enables you to reduce the illness-related costs that have such a negative impact on profitability. From medication and additional work to milk loss due to legal waiting times through to shortened lifespan of your cows – the earlier you intervene, the sooner you can avoid production losses and ensure positive operating results for your farm.
CONTINUOUS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
Inner body temperature is a highly reliable parameter for monitoring animal health. Why? As soon as the immune system reacts to germs or stress, inner body temperature changes. First indications are there-fore visible long before the onset of the disease and you can take the necessary corrective action.
Inner body temperature measurement provides another advantage: it provides you with information about the type of illness. An increase in inner body temperature is often an indication of the presence of infections and inflammation whereas a drop in inner body temperature is an indicator of metabolic diseases.
So you know immediately what to check your animals for.
REPRODUCTION
Early preparation for calving.
Better insemination results.
Detection of fertility problems.
The reproductive status of a dairy herd is one of the main factors affecting farm profitability and closely correlates to animal health. Continuous monitoring has a positive effect on reproductive performance.
Because the healthier your cows, the more fertile and productive the herd.
INSEMINATION AT THE OPTIMUM TIME
Precise heat detection enables efficient insemination scheduling. It enables you to improve reproduction performance on your farm – insemination and conception rates go up, calving intervals are shorter. You’ll also see a reduction in workload and reproduction costs.
EVERY CALVING UNDER CONTROL
Using our solution means you can keep a close eye on your cows in the critical period around calving. You receive a notification about 15 to 20 hours before calving.
–> This means you can put all the necessary preparations in place and if necessary are ready to intervene to provide support for the cow and calf during the birth. Particularly useful: if cows calve earlier than expected, your system will detect it as it continuously monitors your animals.
OPTIMIZED HERD FERTILITY
Using the well-structured dashboards enables rapid identification of animals with fertility problems. You can intervene at an early stage and treat the animals accordingly. Here again, you save time and money and ensure the long-term profitability of your farm.
Feeding
Improved feed efficiency.
Increased productivity.
Lower costs.
Feed costs represent up to 70 % of operating costs; which
makes it even more important that this essential
area is managed in an optimal way, as appropriate feeding is critical to your cow’s performance.
The rumen pH value is highly sensitive and immediately reflects feed management issues. Continuous measurement of pH values means feeding problems can be quickly identified and improvement potential in terms of rations and feed management are made visible.
Using our solution, you’ll know at all times whether feeding correlates to nutritional requirements in the current lactation phase so you can help the cow to perform at an optimum level without any negative impact on animal health.
EARLY DETECTION OF RUMEN DISORDERS
Subacute rumen acidosis is difficult to detect externally. But it has serious consequences: cows suffering from rumen acidosis remain less productive after recovery than animals that have never suffered from it. This is aggravated by the fact that rumen acidosis is also accompanied by secondary diseases.
Early detection enables a rapid response and helps you avoid secondary diseases and subsequent health problems.
KEEP AN EYE ON DRINKING BEHAVIOUR
Feed uptake and drinking behavior are strongly correlated. If the cow doesn’t drink, feed uptake also decreases. Using our solution, water up-take frequency is continuously monitored.
You are informed about any abrupt changes and can investigate the cause. Irregularities can be caused, for example, by diseases, problems with the water supply or social issues in the
herd.