Livestock Bolus

Temperature fluctuations are a primary indicator when cattle are exposed to diseases such as Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus BVD). An increased core body temperature is often a sign of a challenged immune system.

With Smarter Technologies’ Livestock Bolus, you will receive a comprehensive overview of your herd’s performance by monitoring the core temperatures of your livestock, enabling you to take preventative measures to reduce the spread of infection and disease.

Until recently, it has been extremely difficult to accurately measure any information relating to herd welfare in a non-evasive and stress-free manner. With Smarter Technologies’ herd management tools, you’ll be able to identify physiological changes affecting daily liveweight gain, nutrition and the general wellbeing of your livestock.

By observing environmental factors such as heat stress, the effect of nutritional variations if feed quality alters and other stress-inducing factors such as housing density and barrier feed-point overcrowding using a cattle bolus, you’ll gain a greater understanding of how different conditions affect your livestock. Prompt intervention can initiate earlier procedures with better outcomes, often with lower medication and labour. As a result, your animals can continue to achieve daily liveweight gain targets with lower mortality rates and productivity loss.

Elevated temperature and humidity have a negative effect on a cow’s feed intake, leading to reduced milk production. Heat stress can increase body temperature, which may affect the fat synthesis in the mammary gland and reduce the quantity and quality of the milk.

With Smarter Technologies’ Livestock and Cattle Bolus, you will instantly receive data on abnormal temperature fluctuations during the lactation period, allowing you to take measures to reduce heat stress and improve milk production.