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Udder Health - Large Herd Edition

Jan Hulsen Theo Lam Ynte H Schukken

Contains information on housing, care & management of dairy cows in large herds. Guiding producers through daily/weekly/monthly tasks. For farmers and students

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Relatively larger herds require a more standardised approach for udder health management. This book digs deeper into the subject than the basic edition. More attention is paid to standard operating procedures, since the farmer often works with personnel. And extra pages about immunology of the udder are added.

Practical prevention - seen from a farmer's perspective.

With a structured approach, a dairy farm can achieve and maintain first rate udder health. Udder Health contains the building blocks for optimal organisation of housing, care and management. It follows you, the farmer, through your daily/weekly/monthly and annual routines, since udder health should not be regarded as separate from other activities on the far. This edition pays extra attention to large dairy farms. After all, a systematic approach to udder health on those farms is even more important. Putting into practice set goals and signaling/monitoring problems are described extensively. this way they can be tackled systematically.

Do you know how to organise milking so that it takes the minimum time and runs smoothly and consistent with each cow? Do you know how to treat a cow with udder problems? Or how to overcome a cell count problem? In the end it's up to you, but this book is an invaluable starting point.

Its practical text, problem solving flowcharts and clear photos and illustrations make Udder health an accessible and interesting guide for every dairy farmer. The practical advise it offers will help you improve the understanding of udder health on your farm and achieve higher standards.

This book is part of the Cow Signals series. To see the other 'Cow Signals' titles, click on the title's below, You can find all of the books here: https://www.contextbookshop.com/dairy/cow-signals-series

Building for the Cow
Cow Signals Checkbook
Young Stock Signals
Checkbook Young Stock
Cow Signals
Cow Signals Advanced: African Edition
Robotic Milking
Economics and Milking
Dry Periods

Published: 2014

ISBN: 9789087400330

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Type: Paperback

Pages: 64

Language: English (American)

Format: Paperback

Availability: Available

About the author

Jan Hulsen holds a DVM and a business management degree and has a strong interest in communication. His company Vetvice provides knowledge and consultancy in the areas of cow management, animal health and welfare, barn & farm design and labour organisation.

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CONTENTS:
SECTION ONE: Milking

Routines and consistency
Parlor throughput
Equipment check
Smart standard procedures
Identifying infected cows
Abnormalities
Milking procedure
Points to check
Teat score
The milking robot
The tie stall barn

SECTION TWO: Daily chores

In the barn
Gentle handling
Ventilated, dry and cool
Hygiene score
Hygiene of cows and environment
Cows at rest
Attentive persons
Administering veterinary medicines
Administering medicine
The CMT
Taking milk samples

SECTION THREE: Weekly/monthly chores

Working methodically
Consulting advisors
How well are you milking?
Self-criticism and improvements
The dry period
Rearing young stock
Introducing heifers
Storage of drugs and applications
Culturing milk samples

SECTION FOUR: Annual/semi-annual routines

The Double Five Program
Improving, economics and genetics
Putting goals into practice
Developing SOPs
Putting SOPs into practice
Treatment protocols
Presenting protocols
Sick cow area

SECTION FIVE: Problem solving

Detecting problems
Bacteria: a reference guide
High cell count: analysis scheme
High bulk milk SCC: case study
High incidence of mastitis: analysis scheme
High incidence of mastitis: case study
Cow Signals milking parlor
People Signals
Monitoring tools
Resource page

Index

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This book weighs: 360g

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UK	£4.00
Europe	£13.50
USA and Canada	£16.00
ROW	£18.50
ROW2	£33.00

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Udder Health - Large Herd Edition