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Transmitting greater results for less.
Let the NEW HeatWatch®II work for you.

Efficient.  Effective.  Convenient.
Improve your herd’s profit margin with the newly released
HeatWatch®II Estrus Detection System. 

HeatWatch®II delivers:

  • Greater transmission distances
  • Lower cost transmitters
  • Longer patch retention
  • Wireless connections between the receiver and your computer

HeatWatch®II helps:

  • Reduce reproduction cull rate
  • Increase milk flow
  • Increase the number of calves born

What does this mean for your herd? 
You can find out by filling in the following statistics from your herd and then click “Detect.”.
Scroll down to see the results

Herd
size:		 Average replacement value per calf: Milk
price/cwt:		 Peak daily milk production(lbs/cow/day):


Customized results for your herd
Based on your unique statistics, Heatwatch®II could help you achieve:

$ savings from reduced reproductive culling

$ return on increased milk production (realized in the second year)

$ increased value of calves born
 

Equations used for calculations
Savings on reproductive culls=(herd size x (replacement price-cull price) x cull rate improvement)

Return on increased milk production (start to realize second year)=(.8 x herd size x price/cwt milk x peak daily production x improvement in days to 1st service past VWP)

Return on increased calves born=(herd size x pregnancy rate improvement x value per calf) 


For more information,
including a more customized analysis of the New HeatWatch®II,
call 1-877-394-2970.
 

Sources for fixed figures

  1. Dairymetrics; summarized data averages for 3,486 U.S. Holstein herds averaging 185 cows per herd, using less than 10 percent natural service breeding.
  2. HeatWatch statistics collected from customer data.
  3. May 2007 Market Figure
  4. Data sourced through research conducted by Dr. Rod Calycomb, Sensortec Ltd.

3Replacement price = $2,000
3Cull price = $400

Reproductive Cull rate improvement = 2%
1National reproductive cull rate average is 6%
24% is expected reproductive cull rate using HeatWatch®

Improvement in days to 1st service past voluntary waiting period
1Average voluntary waiting period to first service is 58 days
1Average number of days to first service is 94 days
210% expected pregnancy rate improvement

Pregnancy rate improvement = 10%
2HeatWatch® statistics conservatively estimate a 10% pregnancy rate improvement
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