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Healthy cows are the foundation of a productive herd. Detecting problems early starts with knowing when something is changing inside a cow. smaXtec continuously measures the gold standard in preventive herd health management – internal body temperature. By measuring from within, you are able to catch changes days before visible symptoms appear. This head start is crucial.

When smaXtec detects a change, it sends you an alert and shows which cows may need attention. You can prioritise your time to focus on the right animals and plan what happens next. Acting sooner can help limit disease progression and related costs, for a healthier, higher-performing he

smaXtec helps you recognise possible health problems before clinical symptoms appear, so you can act as early as possible. This helps prevent severe cases and complications, lower treatment costs, decrease discarded milk, reduce involuntary culling, and support a more stable milk production in the current and following lactations. Depending on the disease, preventive herd health management with smaXtec can reduce antibiotic use by up to 70%.

smaXtec also shows how individual cows respond to treatment over time. Your team and advisers, like your veterinarian, can use this information to evaluate responses and adjust treatment strategies when needed. This helps you level up your herd management by making treatment decisions based on what works for your farm.

A missed heat is a lost opportunity. During a busy breeding season, smaXtec helps you reliably detect heats and identify the best time to inseminate each cow. By combining internal body temperature and activity with artificial intelligence, smaXtec helps you focus on the right cows at the right time.

Due to its position within the reticulum, the smaXtec bolus can also help identify possible reproductive issues, upcoming calvings, and problems during transition. You can use the information measured by the bolus to follow up on unusual patterns and decide what happens next. Together, this information helps you make the most of the breeding season and support overall reproductive performance across your herd.

smaXtec provides continuous data directly from the reticulum, helping you see how your feeding and grazing strategies impact your herd. The smaXtec Feeding Tool measures rumination in individual cows and groups, making patterns and day-to-day changes easier to spot. You can see how changes in feed quality, dry matter content, feed availability, or feeding routines may be affecting your cows and make targeted adjustments.

The optional smaXtec pH Bolus complements the Feeding Tool by continuously measuring pH, giving you a direct view of the rumen environment. Together with your smaXtec adviser and other consultants, you can review the data and decide whether changes need to be made, helping you manage your feeding strategy more efficiently and support a healthier herd.

smaXtec brings your important herd data into one clear view. Create customised lists within the smaXtec Assistant using the criteria that matter on your farm. The smaXtec Assistant automatically sorts cows into the right lists and highlights what needs attention, helping your team focus on the animals that need you today.

The smaXtec Performance Center brings key herd health metrics together so you can see how your herd is doing now and how it has changed over time. Using data measured continuously inside each cow, it makes trends and progress easier to understand. Benchmarks within the Performance Center allow you compare your herd’s performance with similar farms.

There’s more going on in your herd than you can see at a glance. smaXtec combines continuous data from inside the cow with artificial intelligence and expert support to help you identify where improvements may be possible.

Your smaXtec adviser will work with you to understand what’s changing, decide where to focus next and turn these insights into practical next steps. With reliable data to guide you, you can make decisions based on what’s happening in herd.