{"id":8787,"date":"2024-06-05T10:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/uk\/?p=8787"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:50:36","slug":"south-wales-farm-halves-disease-rate-with-herd-monitoring-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/uk\/south-wales-farm-halves-disease-rate-with-herd-monitoring-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"South Wales farm halves disease rate with herd-monitoring technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 id=\"h-james-davies-and-his-herd-manager-kevin-manage-a-1200-cow-herd-in-south-wales-installed-the-eyefarm-collar-system-in-february-2023-and-has-dramatically-improved-the-health-of-his-herd-since\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default\"><em>James Davies and his Herd Manager, Kevin, manage a 1200-cow herd in South Wales, installed the Eyefarm collar system in February 2023 and has dramatically improved the health of his herd since.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eager to better monitor his large herd\u2019s health, James<em> <\/em>Davies from South Wales decided to install Eyefarm&#8217;s Herd-monitoring technology, early last year with the backing of his Genus ABS Representatives, Nick Thomas, Emyr James and Megan Kennett.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using <a href=\"https:\/\/eyefarm.co.uk\/herd-monitoring-system-health-welfare\/\"><em>Eye Farm\u2019s herd-monitoring<\/em><\/a> allowed James<em> <\/em>to work closely with Reproductive Management Specialists who visit the farm, interpret data and information from the computer and artificially inseminate those who are identified on heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By incorporating the herd monitoring technology solution, they were able to gain more consistency and removed the chances of human error from their processes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin uses the Eyefarm system every single day, making it the first thing he checks in the morning. He described the system as both brilliant and easy to use.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-saving-time-and-labour-nbsp-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saving time and labour&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the key reasons for turning to Eyefarm&#8217;s herd-monitoring system was to gain better data for intakes and rumination and to also save time and labour when it came to health checking every individual cow. Having 1200 cows and 15 members of staff, James<em> <\/em>and Kevin wanted to free up time and allow the staff to have time to concentrate on other\u00a0tasks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to using<a href=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/uk\/tag\/ingenuity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>Eyefarm&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.absglobal.com\/uk\/tag\/ingenuity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a>technology the team at the farm would run the cows through a race to temperature check them all individually which is something they no longer have to do as Eyefarm&#8217;s technology does this for them and will alert them via the mobile app of any health alerts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin explained: \u201cBefore, I was spending a lot of  time with cows that didn&#8217;t need time spending. Now I\u2019ve got time to concentrate on the cows that really stand out to me and flag it on the system. So, with the time I\u2019m saving in the parlour, I&#8217;m spending that with the cows that really need my attention.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-improving-animal-health-and-fertility-nbsp-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Improving animal health and fertility&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The previous health strategy at James\u2019s farm was reactive, if they spotted a physical symptom, they would treat it, however with Eyefarm&#8217;s technology they can now be proactive and more efficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James<em> <\/em>added: \u201cPreviously, we were checking 35 to 40 cows every day, whereas now, we might do it to 5 cows. With rumination, we don\u2019t just check the fresh cows, we just click on rumination on the software and that has been brilliant.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to using Eyefarm&#8217;s collars and changing the management of specific dry cows, they have been able to decrease the number of \u2018problem cows\u2019 in their herd. James<em> <\/em>explained: \u201cOf the dry cows, we noticed that during last summer we seemed to be hitting lower intakes every few weeks, it allowed us to change our management of the dry cow pen, which meant we were having a lot less problem cows &amp; fewer alerts for drops in intakes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlthough reduced, we still get problem dry cows. Where the intake is inconsistent, we see a drop, we see an alert, all of those cows will potentially be a problem fresh cow, so using the intake report as a proactive way of finding those cows, drenching those cows, they are more likely to get through post calving without too much of a problem.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disease levels at the farm have more than halved since August 2023 which is a dramatic improvement. Now they are able to detect illnesses earlier they have been able to substantially reduce the amount of antibiotics used on the farm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James<em> <\/em>commented: \u201cOur disease level and antibiotic use has been good, for the last 18 months we have used a lot less than the national average of antibiotics and we aim to continue improving that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the huge improvement in health started, they have also found that disease was directly correlating with pregnancy rates and fertility. The pregnancy rate at the farm was 27% before implementing Eyefarm&#8217;s collars and has climbed to 34%, an increase of 7% in just over a year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201cEyefarm&#8217;s collars have allowed us to find those at-risk cows sooner, which has led to less clinical cases of disease, reducing our antibiotic use, it\u2019s also having a knock-on effect of less cows leaving the farm by 30 DIM. I can now be more efficient with my time, allowing me to be able to be more proactive with the herd.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Looking to improve your herd\u2019s performance? Invest in herd-monitoring today. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eyefarm.co.uk\/\">Eye Farm website<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Davies and his Herd Manager, Kevin, manage a 1200-cow herd in South Wales, installed the Eyefarm collar system in February 2023 and has dramatically improved the health of his herd since.\u00a0\u00a0 Eager to better monitor his large herd\u2019s health, James Davies from South Wales decided to install Eyefarm&#8217;s Herd-monitoring technology, early last year with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11563,"featured_media":8792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,28],"tags":[],"abs_type":[],"abs_industry":[57],"class_list":["post-8787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-health-and-welfare","category-farm-labour","abs_industry-dairy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.6 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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