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Many common diseases in dairy cows are characterized by the smallest changes in internal body temperature, long before clinical symptoms appear. smaXtec is the only system that continuously measures internal body temperature directly in the reticulum, with a relative measurement accuracy of ± 0.01 °C. You gain crucial time, can respond as early as possible, and reduce severe disease progression, antibiotic use, and associated performance losses.

Collars, ear tags and other external systems do measure body temperature, but often only intermittently and inaccurately. External factors such as ambient temperature can also influence the measurement. The smaXtec bolus continuously measures internal body temperature directly in the reticulum, with a relative accuracy of ± 0.01 °C. This makes changes visible as early as the first immune response, allowing you to act as early as possible.

The smaXtec bolus measures each cow’s internal body temperature, water intake and drinking cycles, rumination and activity around the clock. pH can also be measured using the smaXtec pH Bolus. These precise data provide important indications for health and management.

With smaXtec, you can identify the following diseases and health-related issues: • (subclinical) mastitis • (subclinical) milk fever • (subclinical) pneumonia • (subclinical) ketosis • foreign body disease • lameness • unusual findings around calving, including twin births • fertility problems • viral infections such as bluetongue, Schmallenberg virus and similar infections For mastitis, milk fever and ketosis, smaXtec also provides specific suspected-disease alerts. The data helps you check the affected cow in a targeted way and decide on further measures.

Your smaXtec advisors support you in considering bolus data in the context of specific conditions on your farm. These may include vaccination schedules, water-management practices, group changes, and lactation stage. This allows possible triggers to be narrowed down, checked on site, and suitable processes to be identified. smaXtec does not provide a diagnosis; it combines precise data with expert advice. This helps you narrow down possible causes and take appropriate measures.

With smaXtec, you can detect health-related changes as early as the subclinical stage and take preventive action. Severe disease progression and secondary diseases can often be avoided or mitigated. This can reduce treatment costs, workload, discarded milk, premature culling, and milk losses in the current and subsequent lactations. Depending on the disease, preventive health management can reduce antibiotic use by up to 70%.

No, smaXtec does not provide a diagnosis. The system detects unusual changes and, depending on the pattern, indicates possible health problems. You should then check the affected cow to determine the appropriate action required.

With mastitis, short, sudden increases in internal body temperature can occur before changes in the udder, rumination behaviour or other clinical symptoms become visible. smaXtec detects these early temperature patterns and can send a suspected-mastitis alert as early as “mastitis stage zero,” before any external signs are visible. This allows you to check the affected cow and initiate further measures. smaXtec does not provide a diagnosis.

Around calving, a drop in internal body temperature may indicate milk fever. Reduced rumination activity, less movement, lower water intake, and changed drinking cycles may occur at the same time. smaXtec detects these changes and reports unusual patterns before the cow goes down or shows clinical symptoms. This allows you to treat the affected cow preventively.

Pneumonia can be characterized by several low-grade fevers before behavioural symptoms appear. This allows you to detect unusual changes at the first immune response, check the affected cow and identify a possible case of pneumonia together with your herd veterinarian.

Changes in internal body temperature, for example after calving, can indicate a metabolic disorder such as ketosis. The different parameters help you assess the development and check the affected cow in a targeted way.

Hardware disease can be characterised by a persistently elevated internal body temperature before rumination activity decreases significantly. This gives you an early indication, allowing you to check the affected cow and arrange for a cage magnet to be administered if hardware disease is suspected. smaXtec can also identify and show which cows have already received a cage magnet.

With inflammatory hoof diseases, isolated or recurring increases in internal body temperature and changes in movement activity can occur before visible lameness. If such unusual findings are detected early, you can specifically check the affected cow’s hooves and take timely action.

Unusual changes in an individual animal’s progression during pregnancy may indicate a possible abortion. This allows you to check the affected cow in a targeted way, verify her pregnancy status, and plan re-insemination at an earlier if necessary.

Around calving, certain patterns in the smaXtec data may indicate a possible twin birth. This helps you assess the risk more accurately, prepare specifically for calving, contact your veterinarian if needed, and monitor both the cow and calves closely.