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All you ever need to know about Coccidiosis

Coccidiosis is caused by single-celled parasites known as coccidia. There are several species in cattle, not all of which cause disease. The species that cause disease are primarily found in the large intestine, and the diarrhoea results from damage to the cells lining it. Coccidiosis is particularly common in calves between...
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All you ever need to know about Acidosis

Rumen Acidosis Rumen acidosis is a metabolic disease of cattle. Like most metabolic diseases it is important to remember that for every cow that shows clinical signs, there will be several more which are affected sub-clinically. Acidosis is said to occur when the pH of the rumen falls to less...
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Dairy Seminar January 2016

We had a great response and turnout to the latest Dairy seminar held in Templeglantine at the Devon inn. The speaker for this event was Des Cronin from Inform Nutrition. Des is a well respected nutritionist with 25 years experience in Ruminant Animal Nutrition all over the world.  Here is...
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Crecora Mills continues to go green!

Here at Crecora Mills we continue to strive to operate our business in the most environmentally aware manner. Being farmers ourselves and having a close association with the land means we continue to look for better, cleaner and more efficient ways to make high quality animal feeds for our customers....
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Low Milk Price Case Study

Here at Crecora Mills we are getting lots of questions on farms as to what dairy farmers options are at the moment. Lets look at an average Case study of a Herd of 100 cows. We will assume that calving will be starting in early January and running on into late...
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