According to AHI, one important aspect of the dry period is Dry-Cow Therapy (DCT). This is the treatment of cows at the end of lactation with a long acting antibiotic and/or an internal teat sealer. Using DCT is one of the components of an effective mastitis control programme. (more…)
The ICBF is happy to announce that genetic evaluations will now be published bimonthly commencing in January. This will mean that we will now publish evaluations six times per year rather than the traditional three times per year. (more…)
The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare recently slaughtered 57 bulls at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 22 different sires across 8 different breeds. (more…)
We are delighted to have Prof. Roel Veerkamp, Wageningen, NMBU Norway & SRUC as a confirmed speaker for the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference taking place 5th&6th December 2018 at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone. (more…)
ICBF Milk Recording Profiles are specially developed for you to compare and analyse your herd performance with ease. Using these profiles allows you to make more informed breeding, culling and management decisions for your herd. (more…)
A question that sometime arises “My bull had a 5 Star Genomic Proof, why is he now a 4 Star?”. There is no doubt that Genomics is an extremely important piece of data when it comes to the index of an animal, however (more…)
ICBF has added a new improvement to the record dry off profile screen to compliment the existing features on offer. We hope that you find this new screen update a useful enhancement to the existing record dry off screen. (more…)
The latest addition to the ICBF presentations page is a presentation on A dairy-beef index to rank beef bulls on profitability when mated to a dairy cow put together by ICBF, Teagasc and AbacusBio.
The inaugural ICBF and Sheep Ireland genetics conference will take place on Wednesday and Thursday 5th and 6th December at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Roscommon. The Full Conference Programme And Online Booking Available Below. (more…)