Herd management

Faye, B., Lescourret, F., Dorr, N., Tillard, E., MacDermott, B. and McDermott, J., (1997a), Interrelationships between herd management practices and udder health status using canonical correspondence analysis . Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 32, 171-192. 

Chazal, M.P., Chilliard, Y. 1986. Effect of stage of lactation, stage of pregnancy, milk yield and herd management on seasonal variation in spontaneous lipolysis in bovine milk. J. Dairy Res. 53, 529-538. 

Association of herd management factors with colonization of dairy cattle by Shiga toxin-positive Escherichia coli 0157. /. Food Prot. 61,802-807. 

Animals Palaeodietary reconstruction usually focuses on humans, but in certain situations, the study of animal remains can provide information on human activities such as herd management and transhumance. Studies of carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotopes in sheep teeth from Late Stone Age Kasteelberg in Southern Africa indicate that there was little seasonal movement of animals from the coast to inland, suggesting that the transhumance practiced in that region by the historical Khoekhoe peoples developed only later in prehistory, when cattle pastoralism began. 

The methods recommended above for mitigation of on-farm GHG emissions in the fluid milk supply chain were obtained from years of research that evaluated the impact of various practices on each GHG. The research was typically conducted on experimental farm plots under a particular farm management system meaning that the data are relevant for that system with a particular soil type, herd size, and climate, for example, and may not apply to a different farm management system. The impact of a particular mitigation procedure for one GHG on another is also relatively unknovm as well as the impact of the mitigation on more complex interactions such as the total C and N throughout the farm. 

Amies, S.J. (1981) Block calving the dairy herd. Farm Management Services Report 26, Milk Marketing Board, Reading. 

Vaarst, M, Wemelsfelder, F, Seabrook, M, Boivin, X and Idel, A (2004) The role of humans in the management of organic herds , in Vaarst, M, Roderick, S, Lund, V and Lockeretz, W. Animal Health and Welfare in Organic Agriculture, CABI, Wallingford, UK, 419 pp. 

Bamouin, J., Bord, S., Bazin, S. and Chassagne, M., (2005), Dairy management practices associated with incidence rate of clinical mastitis in low somatic cell score herds in France . Journal of Dairy Science, 88, 3700-3709. 

Wilson, D.J., Das, H.H., Gonzalez, R.N. and Sears, P.M. (1997), Association between management practices, dairy herd characteristics, and somatic cell count of bulk tank milk . Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 210, 1499-1502. 

The concept of mass medication can hardly be accepted outside the agricultural field, but the experience of veterinary practitioners who treat large herds or flocks of animals fully supports this concept, especially in those areas of animal management where it is essential to keep all the animals at a level of optimal productivity (8). 

OBE Beef is an alliance of 40 individual cattle producers formed in 1996 and centred around the unique Channel Country of southwest Queensland and northeast South Australia. OBE Beef manages an area of more than seven million hectares with a combined herd in excess of 100,000 cattle. OBE Beef is Australia s largest organic beef supplier, involving the partners in all stages of the supply chain from production through to marketing and promotion. 

Vaarst, M., Hindhede, J. and Enevoldsen, C. 1998b. Sole disorders in conventionally managed and organic dairy herds using different housing systems. Journal of Dairy Research 65 175-186. 

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