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Planning health care on dairy farms
Author(s) -
Sibley Richard
Publication year - 2000
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/inpract.22.7.405
Subject(s) - herd , plan (archaeology) , dairy industry , health care , animal health , health plan , veterinary medicine , medicine , business , nursing , political science , geography , biology , law , archaeology , food science
TWENTY‐FIVE years ago, the gurus of the veterinary profession extolled the benefits of preventive medicine and the 'whole herd' approach to cattle health care. Although the message was slow to penetrate, their ideas and ideals are now being received and applied. In this article, Richard Sibley discusses some of the important considerations when formulating and applying a herd health plan on a dairy farm.