Second Edition of Dairy Cattle Health Management
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Cattle".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 36097
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; cattle health and management; colostrum management; dairy cattle; food safety; herd health; mastitis
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Dear Colleagues,
Dairy (herd) health and welfare are well-known causes of loss of profit and the image of the industry. It is also an important cause of involuntary culling. Animal scientists, veterinarians, and farmers have an obligation to do what is possible to prevent or alleviate health problems as soon as possible. The management of health problems on dairy farms can be carried out using many approaches. In the past, herd health approaches were traditionally discussed as an art. We are now aware that they can be taught. For an easy educational and practical approach, all health problems should be dealt with in a similar way. Therefore, the approach recommended for this Special Issue of Animals is the 3M (measure, manage, monitor) method.
The first step in the health management of dairy cattle is to measure how much of a particular health problem is present (measure). Management strategies can be then implemented (manage). The success of implemented strategies and the prevalence of the health problem should be thereafter under regular surveillance (monitor). This will make it possible to set triggers and timely interventions should the health problem reoccur. Indeed, depending on the health problem, the measure and monitor indicators are not always the same.
Narrative and systematic reviews, as well as original research manuscripts that address aspects of the management of health on dairy farms using the 3M (measure, manage, monitor) approach are invited for this Special Issue. Topics can include the role of population management in herd health, colostrum and life-long productivity and fertility, cattle health related to the control of infectious and parasitic disorders, hoof management, infrastructure, nutrition, reproductive management, udder management, and how staff training may affect health on dairy farms. Additional topics may include biosecurity, heat stress, judicious use of antimicrobials, and the use of precision technologies in monitoring health. Manuscripts should encourage evidence-based approaches to assist with decision making in practice. The overall objective of the manuscripts should be what is known and what needs to be investigated in the herd-level approaches using the 3M system to improve animal health and welfare on dairy farms.
Dr. Kiro Petrovski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dairy cattle
- health
- management
- measure
- manage
- monitor
- practical application
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