Health management in herds.
In this paper, the general process of health management and disease prevention at the herd level is described. The important steps include data collection, calculation of performance parameters, decision making, data analysis, problem definition, and finally installing preventive and therapeutic measures. Important components of a successful health management program include reliable data collection, automated data analysis, excellent veterinary clinical skills, and knowledge of epidemiological methods.
Department of Herd Health and Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002452:Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003657:Decision Making; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D015994:Incidence; D007774:Lactation; D008892:Milk / Q000166:cytology; D016011:Normal Distribution; D015995:Prevalence; D012098:Reproduction; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology