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Disease & health management

Level 2 - Lead Farmers

Introduction

1. 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. Pneumania

22. Examples calves suffering from pneumonia

23. Navel III (Omphalitis)

24. External parasites: Ticks

25. Internal parasites: Lungworms

26. Internal parasites: Stomach worms

27. Internal parasites: Liver flukes

28. Internal parasites: Liver flukes cont...

29. Summary/Take home messages