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Improving herd health management and disease prevention in organic dairy cattle farming

Code: 9781835453261
Dr Lisa Morgans, Royal Agricultural University/(formerly Innovation for Agriculture), UK; Catarina Svensson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; Julie Duval, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France; and Silvia Ivemeyer, Thünen Insititute - Institute of Organic Farming, Germany

Chapter synopsis:

This chapter focuses on supporting animal health and welfare at herd level and giving more emphasis to preventative animal health and welfare planning (AHWP) with less reliance on antibiotics. It outlines some of the major challenges currently facing improvements to dairy cow health and welfare and improving AHWP in organic dairy farming. These range from the complexity of animal health and going beyond the five freedoms for animal welfare, to the importance of farming systems and the varying approaches and perspectives to sustainability within organic dairy farming. The role and ongoing development of the farmer-advisor relationship is discussed. The chapter then goes on to discuss the importance of relationships and the benefits of developing enhanced communication skills alongside applying participatory and bottom-up approaches to change. The role of facilitators, peer-to-peer learning, informal and formal networks and the inclusion of other actors involved in dairy herd health planning are also discussed.



DOI: 10.19103/AS.2024.0138.08
£25.00
Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Challenges: the complexity of animal health as part of animal welfare
  • 3 Challenges: reducing reliance on conventional medical treatments
  • 4 Challenges: advisory support for Animal Health and Welfare Planning approaches
  • 5 Challenges: behavioural factors in improving health and welfare
  • 6 Challenges: successfully implementing herd health management strategies
  • 7 Improving Animal Health and Welfare Planning: taking a holistic, systems approach
  • 8 Improving AHWP: recognising and addressing power dynamics in decision-making and AHWP
  • 9 Improving AHWP: harnessing peer-to-peer learning
  • 10 Improving AHWP: farmer-veterinarian communication
  • 11 Improving AHWP: on-farm self-assessment of animal-based welfare indicators
  • 12 Improving AHWP: the role of farmer associations and the wider supply chain
  • 13 Future trends
  • 14 Where to find further information
  • 15 References

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