Animal Health Management Flashcards
Animal health management involves developing an animal health management plan with a vet, which should include an _ health assessment of herd
Annual
Animal Health Management
- Encourages resistance to _
- Practices to track _ _
- Respond _ to disease risk
- Maintain - relationship
- ,,_
- Recognize _ and maintain _
- Monitor and investigate /
- Manage _, _, _
Disease
Health Status
Proactively
Vet-Client
Observe, Record, Evaluate
Susceptibility, Seperation
Sickeness/Death
Feed, Water, Bedding
Recommendations as a part of a health management program
- Vaccination strategies for various ages
- A disease testing program
- Treatment protocols for common diseases
- Euthanasia protocols
- Necropsy dead animals
- Conform to withdrawal periods
- Management strategy for sick animals
- Management for dry cow therapy
- Management for colostrum management
True or False: Successful animal health management also involves maintaining individual health records that include reporting disease occurrence and treatment provided
True
True or False: Animals should be given an identification number for traceability, lifetime health information is not necessary
False, lifetime health information is useful
Successful animal health management should recognize potential _ _ areas and minimize _ _ between distinctive areas. List 4 ways this can be achieved?
Animal Contact, Animal Interactions
- Separate Maternity and Calf Pens
- Sick pen
- Maintain clean feed mixing area
- Restrict traffic to manure holding and storage areas
Routine Monitoring: When _ animals are identified they should be _ to restrict spread of disease. Sick animals should be _ by vet recommendation. Keep vet _. Samples should be submitted to lab for /
Sick
Isolated
Treated
Updated
Testing/Diagnosis
Animal Health Management Program: Managing Feed, Water and Bedding
- _ _ of feed and water
- _ testing
- Purchase _ and _ from _ supplier
- Record _ _ when purchasing _
- Maintain clean _ _ area
- Provide high quality / to calves
- Provide healthy and dry _
Adequate Supply
Quality
Feed, Bedding
Batch Number, Feed
Feed Mixing
Colostrum/Milk
Bedding
