S1: Precision solutions to animal health & welfare: episode 2
Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast · Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast
June 1, 202138m 9s
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Show Notes
Welcome along to our animal health & welfare series of eight podcasts. Each podcast will look at the latest research around animal health & welfare, with the aim of providing you an insight into the latest strategies which are being both developed & implemented.
In this episode Tiffany Mactaggart is joined by Dr Gemma Miller and Dr Jenna Bowen. Gemma discusses greenhouse gas emissions in cattle including considering feed additives to reduce emissions and livestock precision technology for weighing and condition scoring cows.
Jenna discusses current research looking at detecting disease in calves and using the new UHF cattle tags which are to become compulsory and how they can be used to help animal traceability.