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  • 9. Animal health
  • 10. Hoof Care
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  • 13. Mechanization of the dairy farm
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    • 1. Forage production & pasture management
    • 2. Forage conservation
    • 3. Animal nutrition and feeding
    • 4. Water management and supply
    • 5. Fertility and breeding
    • 6. Calving, calf rearing & young stock management
    • 7. Milking and milk hygiene/ handling
    • 8. Animal housing
    • 9. Animal health
    • 10. Hoof Care
    • 11. Planning, starting or expansion of a dairy farm
    • 12. Communication & extension
    • 13. Mechanization of the dairy farm
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3.14

Feeding systems

Level 1 - Basic Farmers
Introduction
1. You will learn about...
2. Introduction
3. Factors influencing choice of a feeding system
4. Guidelines for selecting a feeding system
5. Types of feeding systems
6. Pasture-based systems
7. Pasture-based systems: Continuos grazing
8. Pasture-based systems: Rational grazing
9. Pasture-based systems: Management intensive grazing system (MIG)
10. Checklist for cows on pasture-based systems
11. Semi-confined systems
12. Fully confined feeding systems
13. Advantages of confined feeding systems: Fully and semi-confined feeding systems