Health Package Milk Animal Welfare in Practice Naseva Seminar, Seinäjoki, 17th February, 2016 DVM Håkan Landin, Växa Sverige Animal Health Photo: Håkan Landin Outline of talk New veterinary role? Animal Health levels Health Package Milk Welfare assessment Health profile Health Plan Results Focus Courses Take home messages Photo: Emelie Oskarsson 1
New Veterinary Role Purpose Secure animal health and welfare on large farms with employees and advanced technical level Contribute to economic growth and consumers trust in Swedish milk production Three synergistic tools Standard Operating Procedures Health Package Milk FOCUS Courses 2
Animal Health Levels CHANGE AND PREVENTION HERD SERVICES MONITORING RISK ANIMALS TRADITIONAL VETERINARY PRACTICE CLINICAL EVENTS An overview how it works Health Package Milk Foto: Svensk Mjölk 3
Health Package Milk (HPM) Welfare Signals in database On farm Welfare Assessment Farm discussion 6-18 months 2-4 weeks HPM Health Costs HPM Health Profile HPM Farm Council 14 days Photo: Håkan Landin Herd services FOCUS Courses Chosen new SOP HPM Health Plan Welfare Signals in database The report consists of 24 herd-level key indicators from the DHI cattle database A traffic light system with smiley s A result of the research project Scheme for animal welfare Available for all DHI farms Most frequent download on Swedish Dairy DHI-farms! 4
Welfare Signals in database 24 key indicators Herd figures Benchmarking Welfare Signals Calves Heifers Calving Feed Diseases Management Longevity 10% 40% 50% 5
Diseases Total Disease freq. Updated after each test-milking Clinical Mastitis freq. Updated once a year Bulk Milk Somatic Cell Count Updated once a month More in the system Benchmarking possible for Breed Herdsize Type of stalls Milking systems Organic farming Animal health cost Calculated for 13 of the 24 indicators Expressed totally and per kg produced ECM 6
2016-02-17 Animal Health Cost in Welfare Signals 10% 40% 40% 10% The HPM Star Welfare Signals, overview Feeding balance and kg ECM Udder Health Calves & Youngstock Longevity Fertility 7
On Farm Welfare Assessment 1 Ask the Cow POSSIBILITIES FOR CURIOUS Animal-based Benchmarked protocol Trained assessors Cow- and herd-level HPM Checklist - Animal welfare assessment 8
Raising Rising behaviour Injuries Animal based measurements Body condition Lameness On Farm Welfare Assessment 2 HPM Checklists Recourses and environment 12 other Excel-sheets Stall design Lying, standing walking Eating and drinking Optimal space Transition period Routines at hand Hygiene documentation 9
Nytt avelsmål: rörligare kor Another working cow A question to you experts What do you see on this picture? HPM - optimized stall design 1x 10
HPM Checklist - Lying, walking and standing HPM Checklist - Farm discussion 11
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HPM Health Profile An Interactive Power Point Concluding DHI data Recourses and environment Routines at hand Ask the cow Health costs Motives and expectations Foundation to create the HPM Health Plan Presented at the HPM Farm Council HPM Health Plan The most important step! Presentation of the HPM Health Profile Discussion towards consensus Where to? When finished? Who will do it? Everyone agree? Photo: Håkan Landin More optimal SOP:s Often just higher lowest level for well known routines Formed at the HPM Farm Council 13
2016-02-17 The HPM Health Plan Promotes the preventive activities during 6-18 months FOCUS courses 14
FOCUS Courses The Swedish way to implement a new SOP Inspire, not lecture Confirming and motivating Leaving the conclusions to the participants LISTEN, LISTEN and LISTEN again Conclude and Summarize Discussion as a tool FOCUS 18 modules 2016 Cow Signals Milking AMS Biosecurity Claw Health Antibiotics Mastitis and SCC Health Cost Stall Design Calving Newborn Calves From Calf to Heifer Transition Period Fertility Feeding Balance Drying Off Pasture SOP 15
FOCUS Course Material Ready to use for each subject 1 h lecture Questions for discussion Farm excercise in a small group List of farm routines for success Excercise to do at home FOCUS Pedagogics KNOW Lecture covering basics of subject Manuscript to distribute Power Point ready to use FEEL Elaborative exercise among cows Questions initiating a discussion Presenting own conclusions to other participants DO Take home messages List of routines for success Repetition of the elaborative exercise at home farm 16
HPM may look good What about The effects out there? Cow Comfort index Cows correct i cubicles ------------------------------- Cows totally in cubicels > 85% 17
Just some adjustment of the neck rail HPM Health Plan - effect Kg Kg mjölk Milk/cowday per ko 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dec Jan 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Kg Kg mjölk Milk/cowday Celltal SCC x 1000 18
Health cost in 2 AMS herds. Health Package Milk Difference corresponds to 15 % more in money per kg milk! Results so far Welfare Signals used by 75 % of DHI herds 112 specially trained vets 900 herds started in program 4500 participants in FOCUS courses 9 points of 10 from farmers 19
Take home message HPM FOCUS HERD SERVICE TRANSITION PERIODS UDDER HEALTH FERTILITY ECONOMY CLINICAL TREATMENTS ON DEMAND Keep healthy cows healthy! Health Package Milk Photo: Håkan Landin 20
You cannot always do everything perfect It is enough to do one thing a little bit better everyday! Contact and references: hakan.landin@vxa.se 21