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    • 5. Fertility and breeding
    • 6. Calving, calf rearing & young stock management
    • 7. Milking and milk hygiene/ handling
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    • 9. Animal health
    • 10. Hoof Care
    • 11. Planning, starting or expansion of a dairy farm
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    • 13. Mechanization of the dairy farm
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9.4

Tick borne diseases, prevention and treatment

Level 2 - Lead Farmers
Introduction
1. You will learn about...
2. Introduction
3. Preventing TBD: The 10golden rules
4. Rule 1: Close the farm for animals from outside
5. Rule 1 cont'd: Close the farm for animals from outside
6. Rule 2: Make pastures an unfriendly living environment for ticks
7. Rule 2 cont'd: Make pastures an unfriendly living environment for tick
8. Rule 2 cont'd: Make pastures an unfriendly living environment for tick
9. Rule 3: Construct a good crush
10. Rule 3 cont'd: Construct a good crush
11. Rule 3 cont'd: Illustrating a poor crush
12. Rule 3 cont'd: Illustrating a poor crush
13. Rule 4: Prepare the acaricide in the right concentration
14. Rule 4: Prepare the acaricide in the right concentration
15. Rule 5: Spray at the right frequency
16. Rule 6: Spray in a correct way
17. Rule 6 cont'd: Spray in a correct way
18. Rule 7: Spray all animals at the farm every spray turn
19. Rule 8: Rotate acaricides regularly
20. Acaricides are poisonous
21. Rule 9: Only use registered acaricides
22. Rule 10: Treat sick animals in time and correctly