Practice‐Based Dairy Health Planning and Plans

• Published in: Bovine Medicine pp. 465 - 475
• Main Author: Statham, Jonathan M.E
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 26.05.2015
• Subjects: Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS); Cattle Health Schemes; disease monitoring; farm assurance; health planning (HP); practice‐based dairy health planning
• ISBN: 1444336436; 9781444336436
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118948538.ch45

Herd Health Plan (HHP) is a document which describes health planning (HP) on a particular farm, a process of measuring, managing and further monitoring of health and reproductive performance, to ensure the welfare of animals and support the profitability of the farm business. This chapter seeks to outline a framework which may be utilised to explore these opportunities. Veterinary input is then vital to utilise the recorded data. There are two main stages: risk assessment and risk management. Monitoring includes ongoing recording and benchmarking of key endemic disease and reproductive parameters, such as clinical mastitis rates, herd mobility and submission rate, in addition to surveillance of infectious disease. Farm assurance sought to promote consumer confidence in the delivery of appropriately managed food production from British farms. Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS) is a self‐regulatory body for Cattle Health Schemes in the UK.