Key tips for improving the reproductive performance of your beef herd with Dr Shane Thomson

Key tips for improving the reproductive performance of your beef herd with Dr Shane Thomson

March 29, 2026 · 43 min · Season 2026 · Episode 276

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Mark Ferguson and Dr Shane Thomson discuss key points around improving reproductive performance in beef cattle.

Join Mark and our guest this week, Dr Shane Thomson, to discuss some key points around reproductive performance in cattle. Shane is a veterinarian and partner at Holbrook Vet Centre in southern New South Wales, leading a team of 10 vets across a practice that's roughly 90% beef production. Cattle reproduction work is at the core of what Shane does daily, and in this episode, he and Mark cover pretty much everything. Including bull soundness, AI, embryo transfer, IVF, how to improve preg...

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