The main objective of a dairy farmer should be to have a calf per cow every year. Choosing between artificial insemination or natural mating is a decision the farmer always have to make to realise thi...

Fertility in dairy cows is the ability of the cow to conceive and maintain pregnancy if served at the appropriate time in relation to ovulation. All farmers know that poor cow fertility costs money. M...

Proper detection of heat for cows or heifers in estrus is the most important factor in artificial insemination programs. This becomes more important where the size of the herd is large as in beef catt...

Combinations of heat detection aids can improve accuracy of detection of heat in cattle . The more commonly used heat detection aids include: Marking crayons or paints These are used on the rump of th...