It is not uncommon for cattle to hold a bolus in the mouth for some time and then spit it out. Always observe an animal to be sure it has swallowed the boluses before releasing it. The paste ...

The latest RFID technology presented at the Chan Mendez Ranch in Panama uses RFID bolus and buttons from AVID to track cattle from “field – to – fork” and provide precise data to ScoringSystem”s ...

The bolus monitors every 10 minutes and uploads data every half hour to the cloud through one or more base stations on the farm. The system will alert Bruce when cattle movements indicate illness, ...

More than 270 cases of severe throat injuries in sheep following use of a drenching/bolus gun have been identified by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency in England and Wales over the past 10 years.

Pastoralists are set to benefit from a noble mode of taming cattle rustling in Kenya, with the introduction of an innovative electronic tracking chip to keep tabs on cattle. Cattle rustling is ...

Bolus the 'holy grail' for methane reduction in Irish cattle - but won't be approved until 2030, expert warns A methane reducing bolus would have to be administered every six months.

Cow magnet. CC/Wikimedia Commons. That’s where magnets come in. A magnet about the size and shape of a finger is placed inside a bolus gun, essentially a long tube that ensures the magnet goes ...

He explained that if a rancher had 500 cattle roaming across grazing tracks all of the boluses would be networked together and this allows data to jump from one animal to another.

The process of inserting the bolus would be familiar to farmers, he said. "Think of a larger drench gun." Researchers are now trying to get the effect lasting six months.

Drenching or bolusing sheep should be done to improve the health and welfare of an animal but done incorrectly it can cause severe injuries, according to David Harwood, AHVLA vet investigation ...