I just got a new dairy magazine in the mail yesterday. 95% of these magazines (probably like any other industry pub) is rehash from some older issue except with different vets quoting the same thing.
Anyway, I came across the neatest gadget. It's a rumen bolus that has an imbeded RFID chip and temperature sensor. Cow temp could be monitored with a handheld device or while entering the parlor. As well, health events could be stored on the chip. Really cool stuff. Probably quite expensive too.
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Great idea, I guess you would have to justify the expense with sick cow data; this would have to include "risk vs benefit" i.e. is it really going to impact bottom line in the expense column.
JDN
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