Minitube Australia

03/08/2025

30/07/2025

Planning, attention to detail, and good genetics are crucial.

30/07/2025

Don’t Overlook 50% of your Equation to success – TEST YOUR SEMEN!

High-performing embryos start with high-performing inputs — and that includes semen.

While we often focus on donor selection and oocyte (egg) quality, semen accounts for half the genetic equation and can have a major impact on fertilisation and embryo development.

🧪 Even samples that look “normal” under a microscope can carry hidden issues (like DNA fragmentation and contamination) that severely affect breeding outcomes.

At Evogene, we strongly support semen testing — form basic assessments to more complex testing using trial eggs. This provides the security that your chosen semen can fertilise successfully and develop quality embryos.

Position your program for success by optimising semen selection and preparation in advance.

✔️ Good in = Good out
✔️ Test before you trust
✔️ Maximise your chances of success

Whether you’re using a new sire or revisiting frozen straws of differing batches, let’s work together to stack the odds in your favour.

📞 Contact Amelia (0438 820 647) or Stacey (0488 611 057) to talk through semen assessments prior to your next OPU.

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28/07/2025

🛑When do you start preparing your cows for AI?

The comment from a client below speaks volumes about breeding success - planning for AI shouldnt be an after thought, it should be a part of your yearly business model.

✅ DID YOU KNOW… the majority of programs that achieve lower than expected outcomes are a direct result of something that happened (or didn’t happen) in the planning & implementation stages of the program?

WHEN SHOULD YOU START PLANNING?
➡️ As early as possible!
➡️ It takes weeks for an egg to develop on a cows o***y and be able to respond to reproductive hormones and processes.
➡️ Any management changes in the 8 week period BEFORE AI or joining can and do impact the results.
➡️ Management of a cows body condition and your breeding objectives should be thought about year round to get the best results.
➡️ Breeding season is also a busy time for service providers such as vets, techs and repro centres so make sure you get your preg testing, semen testing and collections booked in early!

WHAT SHOULD I BE MANAGING?
🔶 Nutrition - the big one! Cows must come into joining on a rising plane of nutrition, actively maintaining or ideally, gaining weight. This allows the cow to respond to the reproductive hormones correctly & gives her the best shot at maintaining that pregnancy. Any changes to nutrition like the addition or removal of supplements, changing paddocks or changing dry matter type can all lead to nutritional fluctuations, keep this to a minimum in the 8weeks before and after joining to maximise reproductive potential.

🔶 Herd Health - ensure cattle are vaccinated for reproductive diseases and other diseases relevant to your region, and get boosters done several weeks before the day of AI. This reduces the risk of embryo loss from disease incursion and gives the cow enough time to get over the small stress of vaccination and handling associated with it.

🔶Pregnancy testing, repro tract scoring & evaluation - not only does preg testing prior to AI help with identifying animals that shouldn’t be included in the program but it also gives you the chance to conduct a repro tract score so that you can set expectations for pregnancy based on the physical attributes of each animal. This is particularly useful in heifers as they have no prior repro history and it can be hard to pre-determine success rates.

✅ So keep in mind that planning is key and if you need any tips you can always contact the CattlePlan team for some advice!

22/07/2025

Get in Quick...Only 1 week to go

25/06/2025

That’s a wrap on the Minitube International Bovine TechDays 2025 in Munich, Germany 🇩🇪 it’s been an amazing few days catching up with colleagues and clients from all around the world!

25/06/2025

All set for Day 2 of the Minitube International Bovine TechDays at our head office in Tiefenbach. Looking forward to a day of wet lab training and workshops!

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24/06/2025

24/06/2025

How do you end a successful day of lectures in Germany? With a traditional keg tapping of course!

24/06/2025

The final speaker of today is Australia’s own Dr. Ced Wise from Ced Wise AB Services highlighting the large difference in production conditions between Australian and German cattlee production 🇩🇪 It has been an honour hosting the Wise Repro team this week!