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Key performance indicators for monitoring the health status of a dairy herd

Level 3 - Extension Workers, Input & Service Providers

Introduction

1. You will learn about...

2. Introduction

3. What are KPIs?

4. KPIs are a tool

5. KPIs are a tool Cont'd...

6. KPIs are a tool Cont'd...

7. KPIs do it together

8. Why does a farmer need KPIs?

9. How to determine KPIs

10. How to determine KPIs Cont'd...

11. Importance/factors that determine KPIs

12. SMART Cont'd...

13. How to determine KPIs Cont'd...

14. Why record animal health figures

15. Example why recording is feasable

16. How to make animal health records

17. Start simple

18. Ear tagging

19. Calculating KPIs from the herd book

20. Mortality/number of cattle dying

21. Mortality/number of cattle dying Cont'd...

22. How to make animal health records: Fertility

23. Fertility records

24. Birth rate

25. Average calving interval

26. Average calving interval Cont'd...

27. Fertility index figures

28. Insemination rate

29. Conception rate

30. Pregnancy rate

31. More fertility KPIs

32. Take home messages