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Health management in herds

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    Abstract

    In this paper, the general process of health management and disease prevention at the herd level is described. The important steps include data collection, calculation of performance parameters, decision making, data analysis, problem definition, and finally installing preventive and therapeutic measures. Important components of a successful health management program include reliable data collection, automated data analysis, excellent veterinary clinical skills, and knowledge of epidemiological methods.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)160-4
    Number of pages5
    JournalVeterinary Research
    Volume25
    Issue number2-3
    Publication statusPublished - 1994

    Keywords

    • Animal Husbandry
    • Animals
    • Cattle/physiology
    • Cattle Diseases/epidemiology
    • Cell Count/veterinary
    • Data Collection
    • Data Interpretation, Statistical
    • Decision Making
    • Electronic Data Processing
    • Epidemiologic Methods/veterinary
    • Incidence
    • Lactation
    • Milk/cytology
    • Normal Distribution
    • Prevalence
    • Reproduction
    • Swine/physiology

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