New technology helps producers detect sick cattle earlier

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New technology helps producers detect sick cattle earlier

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Merck Animal Health released its latest tool in protecting animal health.  SenseHub Feedlot, the latest Allflex Livestock Intelligence product helps producers detect sick cattle earlier, more efficiently, and more accurately than tradition means of monitoring. 

Jason Nickell, director of insights and outcomes at Merck Animal Health says cattle can make it very challenging for he naked eye to detect symptoms of illness.  This new technology removes the guesswork allowing operations to pull and treat them more quickly and more accurately.

Nickell says the device utilizes an electric earth that has a flashing LED light that notifies pen riders when animals are sick.

AUDIO: Jason Nickell, Merck Animal Health

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