Herd Health and Production Management in Dairy Practice
The emphasis of services veterinarians are providing to dairy clients has changed from individual animal disease and treatment to prevention of disease on a herd basis. The change in emphasis has required the veterinarian to expand into management expects that involve the entire dairy enterprise. Because of the many different operational management complicated entity to deal with. Functions such as managing crop production, nutrition, healthcare, reproduction, genetics, milk production, replacement rearing labor and finances must be understood. It also must be understood, how each of these different functions interest with one another because they do so continuously. The main objective of this book is to teach students, veterinary practitioners, and farm advisers many of the operational management aspects of dairy farm management, so that they can support and help dairy farmers optimize their farm management. The book focuses on management practices and farm conditions that influence health, productivity and animal welfare. The core element is a standard operational protocol to guide a practitioner of farm advisor providing herd health and production management services in the various operational management functions of a dairy enterprise.
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J P T M Noordhuizen