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Thriving Stock, Thriving Farm: Adding Value to Your Animal Health Plan
Add value to your Animal Health Plan beyond basic compliance, with this in-depth training module on Vet and Med Health Planning from Pasture For Life.
Is This Module For You?
Are you:
- A young or new entrant farmer looking to develop your skills?
- An established farmer interested in regenerative/low-input practices?
- Looking to improve your management system, enhance animal welfare, and increase livestock productivity?
- Seeking practical, value-adding solutions for your farming enterprise?
If you answered “yes” to any of these, this module is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to further develop your skills in Vet and Med Health Planning!
What You’ll Learn:
In this intensive 4-hour session, you’ll gain practical skills and knowledge in:
- The Importance of Bespoke Animal Health Plans: Why health plans tailored to specific farms, livestock, timings, and goals are essential for animal health and welfare.
- Adaptive Strategies for Parasite Control: How robust testing, observation and monitoring can reduce parasite burdens in livestock.
- Promotion of Animal Welfare through Environmental Enrichment: Identify opportunities to enhance animal welfare through the provision of shade, shelter, browse options, and social structures.
- Minimising the Need for Mutilations: Evaluating the necessity of mutilations (e.g., castration, tail docking) and implementing strategies to reduce their use.
- Understanding Mineral and Micro-Nutrient Status: Using forage test results to meet mineral and micro-nutrient requirements of livestock, especially in low-input systems.
- Promotion of Responsible Antimicrobial Usage: Implement strategies to reduce antimicrobial usage, such as targeted treatment plans.
- Importance of strict biosecurity measures
This training session is co-delivered by:
- Ann van Eetvelt, Vet and Farmer, who runs Lurgan Sheep Vet: the country’s only sheep-only veterinary practice.
- Pasture for Life: Champions of 100% pasture-fed livestock systems.
- Hosted, with kind permission, by LANTRA Scotland.
Lunch and refreshments are included in the cost of your ticket.
A £20 discount is available to Pasture to Life members booking a place on this training session, reducing the cost of this session from £65 to £45. This will be refunded upon conformation of a Pasture for Life membership after booking a place at full price.
Not yet a member? Sign up now!
Financial assistance may available to cover the cost of this training session. If you live in Scotland go to SkillsHub.scot to browse training funds.
