Herd Health

Question 1

Define: heard health

Question 2

Compare traditional approach to heard health approach

Answer 2

health managment

Traditional approach:

• based on treatment of sick animals
• vet is called to farm for medical managment
• TREATMENT

Heard health approach:

• aimed to optomize health, wellfare and production of animal population
• vet makes regualr observations of herd and environment and analyzes data
• goal to improve herd health over time
• PREVENATIVE

Question 3

know levels of disease prevention

Answer 3

Primary Prevention: maintain healthy population

• vaccination
• physical security measures (fences, showering… ect)

Secondary Prevention: minimize damage after disease has occured

• testing herd, removing risk (slaughter), stamping (identifying risk individuals)

Tertiary Prevention: rehabilitation after other levels have failed

• mostly focused on individual level
• reduce complication, progression, and severity of disease
• maintain quality of life if possible
• ex. diabetics, amputees, blindness care and rehab

Question 4

farm operational areas (7)

Answer 4

Farm operational areas

• Animal nutrition
  
  • feed supply and ration
  • body condition
• Health care
  
  • vaccines ect.
• Reproduction
  
  • cycles and pregnanct
• Milk production
• Herd replacment
• Fixed assets and labor
  
  • machinery, employes, maintenence
• Cash managment
  
  • borrowing money
  • how much do farmers make

Question 5

Heard health managment objectives (5)

Answer 5

Heard health managment objectives

• optomize heath by preventing problems
• optomize productivity by improving managment practices
• optomice animal welfare and ecological quality
• optomize quality and saftey of dairy and meat products
• optomize profitability