Annual Dairy Farm
Animal Health Plan

Health Category	Current Farm Result	Industry Target	Farm Target This Year	Plan	Date Due
Clinical Mastitis Incidence %		<10%		Business as usual Enter all clinical cases into Minda Full MQR with Vet with action plans Maintain current standards Milk cultures Targeted culling Teatseal heifers Whole herd DCT Start monitoring Business as usual Enter all clinical cases into Minda Full MQR with Vet with action plans Maintain current standards Milk cultures Targeted culling Teatseal heifers Whole herd DCT Start monitoring Business as usual Enter all clinical cases into Minda Full MQR with Vet with action plans Maintain current standards Milk cultures Targeted culling Teatseal heifers Whole herd DCT Start monitoring	Now Ongoing
Lameness Incidence %		<12%		Business as usual Check race conditions Quickly identify and treat lame cows Start recording all lame cows Start monitoring Business as usual Check race conditions Quickly identify and treat lame cows Start recording all lame cows Start monitoring Business as usual Check race conditions Quickly identify and treat lame cows Start recording all lame cows Start monitoring	Now Ongoing
Mortality Rate - Cows %		<2%		Business as usual Review milk fever prevention with Vet with action plans Blood sample colostrum cows and check mineral levels Take regular feed samples for nitrate testing prior to feeding in autumn Start monitoring Business as usual Review milk fever prevention with Vet with action plans Blood sample colostrum cows and check mineral levels Take regular feed samples for nitrate testing prior to feeding in autumn Start monitoring Business as usual Review milk fever prevention with Vet with action plans Blood sample colostrum cows and check mineral levels Take regular feed samples for nitrate testing prior to feeding in autumn Start monitoring	Now Ongoing
Mortality Rate - Calves % (pre-weaning)		<5%		Business as usual Follow Gold colostrum best practise guidelines Continue to use Coccidial treatments Maintain calf shed hygiene Rotovirus vaccination of herd Start monitoring Healthy Calf Consult Business as usual Follow Gold colostrum best practise guidelines Continue to use Coccidial treatments Maintain calf shed hygiene Rotovirus vaccination of herd Start monitoring Healthy Calf Consult Business as usual Follow Gold colostrum best practise guidelines Continue to use Coccidial treatments Maintain calf shed hygiene Rotovirus vaccination of herd Start monitoring Healthy Calf Consult	Now Ongoing
Body Condition Score		5.0 at calving		Pre-calving mob BCS Late summer whole herd individual BCS Continue to visually assess cows Identify light cows for dry off Formally recording BCS Start monitoring Pre-calving mob BCS Late summer whole herd individual BCS Continue to visually assess cows Identify light cows for dry off Formally recording BCS Start monitoring Pre-calving mob BCS Late summer whole herd individual BCS Continue to visually assess cows Identify light cows for dry off Formally recording BCS Start monitoring	Now Ongoing
Thin Cows - % Below BCS 3.5		<0%		Business as usual Dry off action-plan on Summer BCS to prevent cows <3.5 Light cows are dried off early or OAD Start monitoring Dry off any cows at BCS 3.5 Business as usual Dry off action-plan on Summer BCS to prevent cows <3.5 Light cows are dried off early or OAD Start monitoring Dry off any cows at BCS 3.5 Business as usual Dry off action-plan on Summer BCS to prevent cows <3.5 Light cows are dried off early or OAD Start monitoring Dry off any cows at BCS 3.5	Now Ongoing
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)		No CIA's No Antibiotics into uninfected cows		Replace Tylan with Penetheject as injectable for mastitis Pre dry-off consult with Vet - Targeted treatments Reduce use of Tylan and Excenel Work toward reducing need for whole herd DCT Replace Excenel with Depocillin as injectable for footrot Replace Excenel with Intracillin as injectable for footrot Replace Tylan with Penetheject as injectable for mastitis Pre dry-off consult with Vet - Targeted treatments Reduce use of Tylan and Excenel Work toward reducing need for whole herd DCT Replace Excenel with Depocillin as injectable for footrot Replace Excenel with Intracillin as injectable for footrot Replace Tylan with Penetheject as injectable for mastitis Pre dry-off consult with Vet - Targeted treatments Reduce use of Tylan and Excenel Work toward reducing need for whole herd DCT Replace Excenel with Depocillin as injectable for footrot Replace Excenel with Intracillin as injectable for footrot	Now Ongoing

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