The MSD Animal Health Podcast

With advancing technology, farmers can now simply monitor their animals around the clock, allowing them to detect and treat any illness before it progresses.John, Eileen, and their son Micheál O’Callaghan are running a dairy enterprise in Mourneabbey, Mallow, Co. Cork. The family are milking 160 purebred pedigree Holstein Friesian cows on a grass-based system.

For one dairy farmer in Co. Mayo, when he is trying to balance an off farm job alongside a herd of cows, adapting to technology becomes a 'no-brainer'. Listen to our conversation with Dermot to hear why he decided to adopt SenseHub technology onto his farm.

Since installing SenseHub, Ashleigh has felt less stress around the breeding season, stating that it has given her "peace of mind" when it comes to breeding and calving, describing the collars a "gamechanger'" in terms of saving time and labour. Listen to Ashleigh's story!

In this episode of the MSD Animal Health Podcast, Ruminant Veterinary Manager, Eleanor Brady, sits down with Conor Geraghty, Veterinary Practitioner with FarmGate Veterinary Group to chat all things sheep, including abortion in sheep, sudden death and controlling coccidiosis.

In this episode of the MSD Animal Health podcast, Ruminant Veterinary Manager Eleanor Brady sits down with Dr. Maria Guelbenzu, BVD and IBR Programme Manager with Animal Health Ireland, to discuss all things IBR (Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis), the prevalence of the disease in Ireland and moving towards a national eradication programme.

In this episode, Ruminant Veterinary Manager, Helena Madden sits down with Catherine McAloon from UCD to discuss the causes of calf scour and how it can be combated on farms.

In this episode of the MSD Animal Health Podcast, Ruminant and Equine Veterinary Manager, Sarah Higgins, sits down with Tadgh Gavin, Veterinary Practitioner with Killaloe Veterinary Clinic, to chat all things bovine respiratory disease (BRD) with a particular focus on Bovine Coronavirus - the new respiratory pathogen on the block!

In this episode of the MSD Animal Health podcast, Ruminant Technical Manager Helena Madden speaks to veterinary practitioner from Riverview Veterinary Group, Michael Sexton on the disease BVD and whether or not it still poses a threat to the Irish dairy and beef industry,

In this podcast, Jack O'Connor, sales and key account manager, interviews our guest speaker Prof. Frank Mitloehner, professor and air quality specialist from UC Davis, on ruminant livestock's part to play in climate change and much more.

In the final episode of our Total Calf Health Solutions Podcast Series, Ruminant Product Manager, Emma Gilsenan interviews Eamon O'Connell, Veterinary Practitioner with Summerhill Veterinary Practice. The pair chat through the steps farmers can take to control coccidiosis on their farms and what they can do if they have had issues with coccidiosis in the past to prevent it taking hold on their farm this year.

In the second episode of our Total Calf Health Solutions podcast series, Ruminant Veterinary Manager, Helena Madden chats to Teagasc Research Officer, Emer Kennedy on the key aspects to pay attention to when it comes to colostrum management.

In the first episode of our Total Calf Health Solutions podcast series, Ruminant Veterinary Manager, Sarah Higgins chats to Veterinary Practitioner Richard Ryan, all things calf pneumonia. Richard is better known as @The Dark Badger on Instagram.

In the second episode of the udder health podcast, Mary O'Connor, Ruminant Territory Manager with MSD Animal Health, sits down with Denis Howard from Munster Bovine and Don Crowley, milk quality advisor with Teagasc. They delve into milk recording, when is the optimum time to complete it, what are the results telling you, how to take actions from the results, and much more.

This podcast is the first of a two-part podcast on everything related to udder health. In this episode, MSD Animal Health Veterinary Manager, Mary O'Connor talks to UCD veterinary lecturer, Dr. Eoin Ryan about the CellCheck programme, analysing milking recording results and how to make decisions based on this data.