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Disease & health management

Level 1 - Basic Farmers

Introduction

1. What you will learn about...

2. Background

3. Getting the calf ready for life

4. Getting the calf ready for life cont...

5. Health check points in a calf

6. Health check points in a calf: 1. Eyes

7. Health check points in a calf: 2. Nose(rhinarium)

8. Health check points in a calf: 3. Skin and joints

9. Health check points in a calf: 4. Respiration

10. Health check points in a calf: 5. Navel

11. Health check points in a calf: 6. Body condition

12. Health check points in a calf: 7. Temperature

13. Health check points in a calf: 8. Manure

14. Health check points in a calf: 9. Stretching

15. How to score calf's health status

16. Scoring your calf's health status

17. Loss of body water: Dehydration

18. Loss of body water: Dehydration cont...

19. Checking skin elasticity for dehydration

20. Preventing dehydration

21. Pneumonia

22. Examples calves suffering from Pneumonia

23. External parasites: Ticks

24. Internal parasites: Lung worms

25. Internal parasites: Stomach worms

26. Internal parasites: Liver flukes

27. Internal parasites: Liver flukes cont...