Aide Memoir for Cows to Present at Fertility Visits at Different Intervals

This is based on a voluntary waiting period of 50 days. All the parameters can be changed depending on herd circumstances. 

Monthly Visits

Cows to submit for vet fertility visit
- Monthly visit (all packages)
  • Post natal check for cows with disease problem around calving (e.g. calving difficulty, twins, retained afterbirth, metritis, milk fever: from 21 days post calving (21-52d)
  • Oestrus not observed: from 60 days post calving (60-91d)
  • Not served: from 70 days post calving (70-101d)
  • Pregnancy diagnosis (pd): from 28 days post service (28-59d)
  • Others:
    • abnormal vaginal discharge
    • showing signs of oestrus at less than 18 days intervals
    • pd'd in calf ad returned to oestrus

 Cows to body condition score at vet fertility visit
- Monthly visit (package 2)
  • 0-31 days before dry-off
  • 14 days pre-calving - 5 days post-calving
  • 60-80 days in milk

 Cows for mini-metabolic profile (package 3)
  • 1-14 days pre-calving: 6 cows
  • 1-21 days in milk: 6 cows

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3 Weekly Visits

Cows to submit for vet fertility visit
- 3 Weekly (all packages)
  • Post natal check for cows with disease problem around calving (e.g. calving difficulty, twins, retained afterbirth, metritis, milk fever: from 21 days post calving (21-52d)
  • Oestrus not observed: from 60 days post calving (60-81d)
  • Not served: from 70 days post calving (70-91d)
  • Pregnancy diagnosis (pd): from 28 days post service (28-49d)
  • Others:
    • abnormal vaginal discharge
    • showing signs of oestrus at less than 18 days intervals
    • pd'd in calf ad returned to oestrus

 Cows to body condition score at vet fertility visit
- 3 Weekly visit (package 2)
  • 0-21 days before dry-off
  • 14 days pre-calving - 5 days post-calving
  • 60-80 days in milk

 Cows for mini-metabolic profile (package 3)
  • 1-14 days pre-calving: 6 cows
  • 1-21 days in milk: 6 cows
 
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2 Weekly Visits

Cows to submit for vet fertility visit
- 2 Weekly visit (all packages)
  • Post natal check for cows with disease problem around calving (e.g. calving difficulty, twins, retained afterbirth, metritis, milk fever: from 21 days post calving (21-35d)
  • Oestrus not observed: from 60 days post calving (60-74d)
  • Not served: from 70 days post calving (70-84d)
  • Pregnancy diagnosis (pd): from 28 days post service (28-42d)
  • Others:
    • abnormal vaginal discharge
    • showing signs of oestrus at less than 18 days intervals
    • pd'd in calf ad returned to oestrus

 Cows to body condition score at vet fertility visit
- 2 Weekly visit (package 2)
  • 0-14 days before dry-off
  • 14 days pre-calving - 5 days post-calving
  • 63-77 days in milk

 Cows for mini-metabolic profile (package 3)
  • 1-14 days pre-calving: 6 cows
  • 1-21 days in milk: 6 cows
                          
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Weekly Visit

Cows to submit for vet fertility visit
- Weekly visit (all packages)
  • Post natal check for cows with disease problem around calving (e.g. calving difficulty, twins, retained afterbirth, metritis, milk fever: from 21 days post calving (21-28d)
  • Oestrus not observed: from 60 days post calving (60-67d)
  • Not served: from 70 days post calving (70-77d)
  • Pregnancy diagnosis (pd): from 28 days post service (28-35d)
  • Others:
    • abnormal vaginal discharge
    • showing signs of oestrus at less than 18 days intervals
    • pd'd in calf ad returned to oestrus

 Cows to body condition score at vet fertility visit
- Weekly visit (package 2)
  • 0-7 days before dry-off
  • 7 days pre-calving - 5 days post-calving
  • 67-74 days in milk

  Cows for mini-metabolic profile (package 3)
  • 1-14 days pre-calving: 6 cows
  • 1-21 days in milk: 6 cows