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Sheep health, welfare and production planning 1. Recording and benchmarking performance indicators of flock health and production
Author(s) -
Phythian Clare,
Phillips Kate,
Wright Nerys,
Morgan Mair
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.g1197
Subject(s) - flock , benchmarking , production (economics) , livestock , business , welfare , animal health , animal welfare , veterinary medicine , medicine , marketing , geography , economics , market economy , ecology , biology , forestry , macroeconomics
This is the first in a series of three articles that examine the opportunities for veterinary practitioners and livestock advisers to engage sheep farmers in proactive health and production planning. It focuses on the use of on‐farm records to identify specific flock health, welfare and production issues and for setting farm‐specific targets and action plans. Subsequent articles in the series will look at flock nutrition, and ways in which financial and performance indicators can be used to demonstrate the economic and future benefit of flock health planning.