Farmers around the world rely on smaXtec to optimize profitability and animal welfare on their dairy operations. Scroll through their stories below!
Success stories with smaXtec
Ron Dawydko
US, Milking parlour, New York, 300 cows
Our lactating treatment usage is down somewhere around 12% from this time a year ago.
Chad Butts
US, Milking parlour, Homer, New York, 800 cows
smaXtec can help you make accurate day-to-day herd management decisions.
Heart attack detected in time – cow was saved
Jason Kline
US, Milking parlour, Mayerstown, Pennsylvania, 190 cows
It’s like having eyes on each of your cows on a full-time basis.
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Hurtgenlea Holsteins
US, Milking parlour, Wisconsin, 160 cows
smaXtec’s biggest benefit is the calving alert that gives us a 10-to-12-hour notice.
Within just 10 days of using the boluses, one smaXtec customer was able to detect several cases of mastitis and metritis at an early stage in his cows. Due to the early detection and rapid measures, the farmer was able to completely forgo antibiotics when treating metritis. The cows recovered after a short time.
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Koen van Steen
Netherlands, Milking robots , Terheijden, 162 cows
With the smaXtec system we are now able to milk 160 cows with one person.
Twisted uterus detected with the smaXtec system!
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David Tait
UK, Milking parlour, Northern Ireland, Tyrone, 110 cows
smaXtec gives you unique information on rumination and drinking cycles at your fingertips.
Chris Reed
New Zealand, Milking parlour, Taranaki, 330 cows
smaXtec has also helped us with mating and we have been able to pick up silent heats.
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Heart attack detected in time – cow was saved
A smaXtec farmer from the UK received several alerts within a short period of time. The customer quickly realized that something was wrong. He immediately informed the vet, who was able to detect a heart attack as well as an abort and saved the cow through early treatment.
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73 kilo calf was born healthy thanks to smaXtec
After the calving alert, a smaXtec farmer monitored cow 344 closely and quickly noticed that the labour was not progressing correctly. He immediately called the vet who delivered a heavy calf of 73 kilos by caesarean section. It weighed a good 30 kilos more than an average calf. Cow and calf were both well again shortly afterwards. It was particularly helpful for the farmer to see how rumination developed after calving. This allowed him to support her with a calcium-rich energy drink.
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Twisted uterus detected with the smaXtec system!
Recently, a farmer detected a twisted uterus in one of his animals thanks to the support of the smaXtec system. The dairy farmer from Germany reports that since this incident he has been keeping a closer eye on his smaXtec to-do lists to keep track of his critically ill animals.
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Broken watering trough found quickly due to various smaXtec alarms
A smaXtec customer received several alerts about the drinking behaviour and rumination of a number of cows. However, the animals showed no signs of a health problem. After a thorough check, she then discovered that the trip switch in the water pump was broken and the trough was not filling. If the problem had remained undetected for longer, this would lead to a stress situation for the cows. Without sufficient access to water, they consume less feed, their activity decreases, they become more susceptible to diseases and their milk yield falls as a result. Fortunately, thanks to smaXtec, this did not happen!