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PMVPH (round 2) > Farm animal health planning > Flashcards

Farm animal health planning Flashcards

1
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Components of a herd health program

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  • progressive livestock poriducer
  • enthusiastic and competent vet
  • post grad qualifications
  • health and production data information systems
  • reports and meets with producer
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2
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What is firebrrigade work?

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Diagnosis and treatment of individual animal

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3
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Describe data systems

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Record data, analyse

Keep written data safe, up to date , accurate

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4
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Outline NMR data

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Milk quality
Bulk milk SCC
Indiviual SCC
individual cow milk yield, fat, protein
Record once a month
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T/F: NMR and bulk lab data may be different

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True as done at a different lab

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6
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Incidence of mastitis

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Less than 30 cases/ 100 cows/ year

Current uk average around 40%

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7
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What is the lameness incidence?

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Less than 17 cases / 100 cows / year

Current uk average around 25%

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What is ADF?

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Assured dairy farms

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What is ABM?

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Assured British meat

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10
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What is ABP?

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Assured British pigs

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11
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What is ACP?

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Assured chicken production

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12
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What is AP?

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Assured production

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13
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What is ACCS?

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Assured combinable crops scheme

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14
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What is FAWL?

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Farm assured Welsh livestock

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15
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What is NIFQAS?

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Northern Ireland farm quality assurance scheme

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16
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What is QMS?

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Quality meat Scotland

17
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What is Genesis quality assurance?

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GQA

18
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What is soil association?

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Organic farms

19
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What do assured farm schemes assure?

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Quality of product
 Safety of product
 Standard of husbandry on farm
Welfare
Environmental issues 
(Farm entrance neat and tidy)
(Employs staff with proper wages etc)
20
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Outline livestock health plan

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Farm specific
 Accessible to all staff
Updated with changes
Dairy cows, beef and sheep separate 
Records health and performance
Animal medicines and husbandry procedures
Fallen stock (storage and disposal)
Livestock transport (vehicle, bedding, stocking density, trained person, emergency plan, >8 hours to be approved by DEFrA, C&D)
21
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Outline feed and water prescriptions

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Either have fed plan or do regular BCS (0 and 60 days after calving, 100 days before and at dry off)

22
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What is AP?

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Assured production

23
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What minimum health and performance records need to be kept?

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Lameness
Mastitis
Mortality records
 Culling records and reasons for cull (excluding mortality and Tb)
Medicine records
 Abbattoir feedback 
Calf mortality (0-24 hours, 1-42 days)
Involuntary culls (excluding TB)
24
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List livestock measures to minimise spread of disease within and between farms

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Farm bio security policy
Dog worming policy
Disinfectant
Livestock movements

25
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Outline stages of health plan and review

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Part a: having a written and up to date plan and implementing it on farm, static, past
Part b: monitoring issues that occur on farm, dynamic, current
Part c: completion of an annual review by a vet and taking action on issues. Strategic, future.

26
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What should a farm have incidence reasons?

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Lameness
Mastitis
Culling rate
Top 3 cull reasons
Involuntary culls
Calf mortality 0-24h and 1-42 days
27
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T/F: it is a requirement that a veterinary surgeon conduct an annual performance review which entails reviewing records, seeing livestock and recommending actions.

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True - to demonstrate this has been completed, Red Tractor has produced a template that the vet can complete, sign and leave on farm to be shown to assessor.

28
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Define herd health

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Vets providing animal health and production management services to herds and flocks. Whole herd approach. Primary objective is maintenance of animal and production at most efficient level that provides competitive economic returns to animal owner

PMVPH (round 2) (45 decks)

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