Monday, December 22, 2025

Confirming pregnancies on weaned-off cows and first-time heifers

We continue to stock the EmLabs “P Test” which is a urine test for pregnancy hormones.     Very accurate once a pregnancy is past 60 days.     If you did early confirmations with ultra-sounding it is still a prudent idea  (especially if you are close on winter feed supplies)  to recheck animals who are past the 90-100 day mark, when the gravid uterus has sunk into the body and becomes difficult to reach with ultrasound equipment.   Lots of animals under the stress of a heavy nurse-calf can lose early-day pregnancies, as full “fetal attachment” does not occur until six+ weeks.

 

Mark Curry        (989) 984- 7027      Route services and sales/ Ov Synch group AI

Sue Palen           (989) 277- 0480      Semen and Product order desk

Greg Palen         (989) 277- 6031       Certified Seed Specialist/  AI refresher training

Mich Livestock Service, Inc    “For the Best in Bulls”   “High Energy forage seeds”
PO Box 661   (110 N Main St)   Ovid,  MI  48866         Office ph (989) 834- 2661
email: 
greg@michiganlivestock.com        website:   www.michiganlivestock.com

 

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