Resources
Videos 75
CalfCare Webinar 2026
Interview with Bruce Thompson – Irish SPARC Ambassador Farmer
Milk sampling for culture and susceptibility
Do I need to be milk recording?
How do I choose which cows should receive antibiotics?
Can I still use antibiotic dry cow therapy?
Top Tips for a Successful Drying off Period
Managing lameness will improve herd performance
Good cow handling for lameness prevention
Hoof care and footbaths for lameness control
Lameness and farm infrastructure
Common causes of lameness in Irish dairy herds
An introduction to dairy cow lameness
Pain Relief During the Calving Season
Achieving Optimal Ruminal Development
Quality Beef Calves from Dairy Herds
Pneumonia in Calves
Caroline Garvan 2023 DAFM Update
Know your Number – How many calves can I accommodate on-farm?
Signs of Calf Health
Managing the Calf at Weaning
Feeding the Young Calf
Selective Dry Cow Therapy
Managing the cow around drying off
Regulatory changes to Dry Cow Therapy 2022
Practical demonstrations on how to dry off cows
Step by step guide to viewing Ante-Mortem dashboard on the Pig HealthCheck database
Pain Management in Young Calves
Improved Colostrum Quality and Management
How to prevent Bloat in Young Calves
Three key points for Calf Housing
Guide to Pig HealthCheck Database
John O’Sullivan – A farmer’s experience of drying off his cows
Top tips for managing your winter housing for successful dry period
Cubicle design for dairy cows
The importance of responsible antibiotic use for human and animal health
The importance and interpretation of Faecal Egg Counts as part of the BEEP – S Programme
Milk Feeding of the Young Calf
Johne’s disease Control at Calving
Dry Cow Therapy
Know your problem cows
Wearing clean gloves – why is it so important?
Routine Machine Maintenance
When Should I Change My Liners?
The importance of correct teat disinfection
Benefits of Milk Recording
Basics and Biology of Mastitis
Economic Opportunity and Reducing Stress
Using Milk Recording Records
Irish Research on Selective Dry Cow Strategies
Antibiotics – What does the future hold?
Drying Cows Off
Top Tips at Drying Off
What is Anthelmintic Resistance?
Key message for healthy cattle at housing
The damage pneumonia can do to cattle lungs
Dealing with lice and mites around housing
Nutrition of the Young Calf
Biosecurity – Spread of Disease
CellCheck – Preventing New Infections
The Beef HealthCheck Programme – cattle liver and lung monitoring
The importance and interpretation of Faecal Egg Counts as part of the BEEP – S Programme
How to take a faecal sample
The damage pneumonia can do to cattle lungs
How to access your Beef HealthCheck results on ICBF
The ‘must know’ for Good Calf Housing
Preparing for Calving Season
Colostrum Quality
Johne’s disease Control at Calving
123 of Colostrum Management
Diseases of Young Calves
Treatment of the Scouring Calf
Feed the Young Calf – Solid Feed
Preparing for Calving Season – Long Version
Vaccination of The Pregnant Cow