Fertility Drives Profit

Learn why to scan your cattle.

Fertility is generally the biggest profit driver in commercial beef herds, followed by progeny growth rate and carcass quality.

Why Scan Your Cattle?

Confirm pregnancy from 5 weeks to 8 months.

Early detection for early decision making.

Identify early and late calving females (foetal aging):
– Segregate into calving groups.

Add value to marketable livestock:
– pregnancy scanned in calf females (PTIC).
– scanned empty heifers for feedlot entry.

Pregnancy scanning makes it simpler for you to:

Accurately monitor reproductive efficiency.

Detect any herd fertility problems early.

Schedule dry-off dates for milking cows.

Set and act on your selection criteria for replacement breeders.

Make timely marketing and de-stocking decisions.

Yamalla-Leaving-the-yards — Pregnancy Scanned In Calf (PTIC) cows with calves at foot. Low stress cows maintaining a 12 month inter-calving interval.

Choose ultrasound scanning over manual palpation to:

Detect early pregnancies, including twins, as early as five weeks after conception using real time visual images.

Detect early pregnancies from AI programs, and differentiate later conceptions from natural bull matings.

Know the sex of calves (between 60 and 80 days after conception).

Minimal stress on your cattle from reduced handling of reproductive tract.

Identify and manage any abnormalities, uterine infections and other pathological problems – symptoms can be viewed on screen, not just felt and evaluated by hand.

Quickly and more cost effectively diagnose pregnancy status in large herds.

Making pregnancy scanning a routine management practice in your cattle enterprise will help you to:

Identify early non pregnant females to re-join or cull.

Segregate females into calving groups to manage feed availability according to calving dates.

Schedule more accurately dry off dates for milking cows.

Reduce calving spread by identifying and replacing late calving cows with early conceiving replacement heifers. This will also help achieve inter-calving intervals of 12 months or less.

Management Benefits

Pregnancy testing is a routine management practice for many commercial beef, dairy and seed stock producers.

The demand for ultrasound pregnancy scanning continues to expand as producers understand the benefits of the technology and equipment becomes more portable, practical and cost effective.

Contact MJA Cattle Scan

If you would like more information on any aspect of cattle ultrasound pregnancy scanning, or to make a booking, please contact us.