About the author

Jan Hulsen grew up on a farm with dairy cattle and pigs. He began studying agricultural science and then switched to veterinary medicine. ‘After three years working as a farm vet, with great pleasure, I started to focus on education and consultancy’. To that end, he became involved in journalism, marketing and business management.

With his company Vetvice, Jan developed the CowSignals® concept, and wrote the successful CowSignals books series.

CowSignals is active in more than 30 countries, with lectures and training in the fields of CowSignals, Hoof Health, Udder Health, Reproduction, Young Stock Signals, Dry Period and Transition, Robotic Milking, Barn Design, and Feeding Signals.

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CONTENTS:
Introduction
The Cow Signals concept
Cow Signals Diamond
SECTION ONE: Young Stock

• Growth and Development Checklist
• Calf Body Condition Score Card
• Calf Lying Comfort Score Card
• Diagnosis List for Diarrhoea in Young Calves
• New Heifers Checklist

SECTION TWO: Feed & Water

• Feed Intake Score Card
• Rumen Fill Score Card
• Body Condition Score Card
• Manure Score Card: Digestion 
• Manure Score Card: Consistency
• Drinking Troughs Checklist

SECTION THREE: Rest & Space

• Checklist Calm cows in the barn
• Space Checklist
• Stress-free Driving Instruction Card
• Instruction card: Driving cattle in a stress-free way
• Standing Up and Lying Down Checklist
• Stall Checklist
• Lying Comfort Scorecard

SECTION FOUR: Light and Air

• Light Checklist
• Air, Ventilation and Climate Checklist
• Heat Stress Checklist: (21 Degrees Action Plan)

SECTION FIVE: Hoof care

• Hoof Health Checklist Success factors
• Hoof Health Checklist 10 action points
• Checklist Footbaths
• Hoof Trimming Instruction Card
• Mobility Score Card
• Locomotion Score Card (Movement)
• Hoof Signals Score Chart
• Hoof Conditions Score Card
• Hoof Bandage Instruction Card

SECTION SIX: Udder health

• Hygiene Score Card
• Milking Instruction Card
• Milk Sampling Instruction Card
• Teat Health Score Card
• California Mastitis Test (CMT) Instruction Card
• Instruction Card for infusing the Udder

SECTION SEVEN: Fertility

• Score Card Oestrus Signals
• Pregnancy Checklsit 
• Instruction Card for Thawing SEMEN
• Insemination Instruction Card
• Insemination Technique Instruction Card

SECTION EIGHT: Health & Disease

• Health and Welfare Checklist
• Sickness and Distress Checklist
• Injection Instruction Card
• Rule no. 1 for Effective Treatment Checklist

SECTION NINE: Dry period-Transition

• Dry Cows Management Checklist
• Calving Assistance Instruction Card
• Fresh Cow Management Instruction Card
• 10-Days plan: daily checklist for fresh cows

SECTION TEN: Management

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Instruction Card
• Instruction Card for Communicating with Staff
• Labour efficiency Checklist

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This book weighs: 800g

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