Emma Redfern Nutrition
Truly independent nutrition consultancy
Separating advice from product supply
Advice on the feeding and management of dairy cows and youngstock across the UK
Intensive systems, robotic systems and grazing systems all catered for
PhD in transition cow management and a masters degree in ruminant nutrition
Cow Signals Master Trainer
Putting it into practice at home, milking 265 Holsteins
Bespoke formulations
Same-day forage analysis
Same-day forage analysis
Tender out to the mills you want to deal with for the best price
Same-day forage analysis
Same-day forage analysis
Same-day forage analysis
Owning an NIR machine means instant results (baby doesn't operate it)
Working with your vet
Same-day forage analysis
Working with your vet
A whole team approach
Precise rationing software
Co-product feeding
Dairy costings
Working with farms of all sizes
Climate-focussed sustainable approaches to suit milk buyer requirements
Nutrition support and CPD training for dairy vet practices
Industry training and farm meetings
PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
Redfern, E., Sinclair, L.A. and Robinson, P.A., 2021. Why isn’t the transition period getting the
attention it deserves? Farm advisors’ opinions and experiences of managing dairy cow
health in the transition period. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 194, p.105424.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105424
Redfern, E.A., Sinclair, L.A. and Robinson, P.A., 2021. Dairy cow health and management in the
transition period: The need to understand the human dimension. Research in Veterinary
Science. 137, pp 94-101 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.04.029
Conference proceedings
Redfern, E.A., Sinclair, L.A. and Robinson, P.A., 2021. Investigating the advisor and farmer
relationships that influence dairy cow health and welfare in the transition period before and
after calving. In Proceedings of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine annual meeting held online, SVEPM, pp. 212- 223
Oral presentations
SVEPM 2021 Conference (online). 24-26 March 2021. Investigating the advisor and farmer
relationships that influence dairy cow health and welfare in the transition period before and
after calving.
UK Dairy Day. Telford. 15 September 2021. Transition cow management: Farm audit data from a
regional study.
APHA Cattle veterinary expert group. Shrewsbury. 6 June 2019. Investigating transition cow
management: A mixed methods approach.
