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Best practice guidelines for biosecurity and iceberg diseases
Solution name: Best practice guidelines for biosecurity and iceberg diseases Aim: To outline current best practice to reduce the risks of introducing MV, Johnes, CLA, OPA and Border disease to flocks.Description Guidelines (factsheets & videos) on biosecurity...
Gradual weaning protocol for lambs
Solution name: Gradual weaning protocol for lambs Aim: To provide a protocol for farmers on creep feeding that eases the weaning stress on lambsDescription: Weaning is one of the most stressful procedures for all lambs not only in terms of the ewe-lamb relationship,...
BCS as a tool for nutrition requirement of ewes
Solution name: BCS as a tool for nutrition requirement of ewes Aim: To provide a practical and applicable tool for farmers who have issues on nutrition requirement of their flock.Description: Body condition scoring (BCS) of sheep is a management tool that farmers can...
Manual of good practices for the management of lambs on artificial rearing
Solution name: Manual of good practices for the management of lambs on artificial rearing Aim: To improve the efficiency of animals fed on artificial lactationDescription: It is a 8-chapter manual that describes: The advantages and disadvantages of the use of...
Good management practices for fattening lambs.
Solution name: Good management practices for fattening lambs Aim: Periodic check of factors that directly or indirectly affect the health of fattening lambs and replacement lambs of a flockDescription: The manual covers the 5 main topics: Food Health Facilities...
Bedding management and relative humidity references
Solution name: Bedding management and relative humidity references Aim: To check/assess some environmental conditions within the barn of the sheep.Description: Excel file. This solution includes a tool to evaluate some environment parameters in different parts of the...
Good milking practices
Solution name: Good milking practices Aim: To increase the number of productive ewes and milk production in the flockDescription: For a smooth and efficient milking routine it is necessary to work on different aspects simultaneously, which can be summarized in 12...
Inclusion and management of self-seeding legume species in the forage systems
Solution name: Inclusion and management of self-seeding legume species in the forage systems Aim: To extend the grazing season; to increase the quality of forage on offer; to increase the farm self-sufficiency; to decrease in livestock production costs.Description:...
“Wikiloc”- a free tool to record grazing activities
Solution name: “Wikiloc”- a free tool to record grazing activities Aim: To provide a solution for helping farmers who needs to improve their grazing routes, to know more about their routine grazing activities, to memorize the routes, stopovers and to use grasslands...
Flock Health Plan
Solution name: Flock Health Plan Aim: To monitor the flock and to reduce the incidence of disease, farmer stress and cash leakage.Description: Topics include: Biosafety Cleaning, disinfection and rat extermination of sheds Parasite control Disposal of cadavers through...
Guidelines for implementing rotational grazing
Solution name: Guidelines for implementing rotational grazing Aim: To provide a solution for helping farmers who are getting started into rotational grazing. Description: A four page A4 document containing a summary of the essential knowledge required for getting...
How to use molasses to homogenize feed ingredients and increase the lifespan of complete diets (unifeed)
Solution name: How to use molasses to homogenize feed ingredients and increase the lifespan of complete diets (unifeed) Aim: To improve complete diet homogenization and palatability. To extend the duration of the unifeed in order to utilize more efficiently the wagon...
Guidelines for controlling gastro-intestinal nematodes by anthelmintic treatments
Solution name: Guidelines for controlling gastro-intestinal nematodes by anthelmintic treatments Aim: Enhance therapeutic treatment together with prophylactic measures for controlling parasitosis.Description: Anthelmintic treatment strategies often follow generic...
Effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performance
Solution name: Effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performance Aim:To present the effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performanceDescription: Birth type (single, twin, triplet or quadruplet) and rearing type (i.e., how many lambs are reared by a ewe) effect...
Rotational Grazing Systems (establishment and management)
Solution name: Rotational Grazing Systems (establishment and management) Aim: To demonstrate how to set up and manage rotational grazing systemsDescription: Set stocking or continuous grazing systems are commonly operated on many sheep farms; sheep graze the same...
Producing high feed value grass silage
Solution name: Producing high feed value grass silage Aim: To present key management decisions required to produce high feed value silageDescription: Silage feed value is a combination of nutritive value (e.g. energy concentration) and intake potential, both of which...
Managing ewe lamb replacements to lamb at 1 year old
Solution name: Managing ewe lamb replacements to lamb at 1 year old Aim: To manage ewe replacements to produce their first litter at 1 year of ageDescription: Replacements are a major cost in mid-season prime lamb production systems equivalent to 25% of the value of...
Reducing Anthelmintic Resistance
Solution name: Reducing anthelmintic resistance Aim: To increase the understanding of anthelmintic resistance - how it occurs and management strategies to prevent itDescription: Anthelmintic resistance is the ability of stomach worms to survive anthelmintic treatment....
Flock Biosecurity
Solution name: Flock biosecurity – develop a health plan Aim: To present best practise guide for flock biosecurityDescription: Diseases (e.g. footrot, CODD, iceberg diseases, enzootic abortion) are highly infectious and can spread rapidly. Purchased sheep (rams, ewes)...
Controlling Lameness
Solution name: Controlling lameness Aim: To control lameness to improve flock welfare and profitabilityDescription: Lameness is a common cause of welfare and economic concerns in many flocks Chronic lameness reduces ewe and lamb performance The main causes of lameness...
Controlling External Parasites
Solution name: Controlling external parasites Aim: To present best practise for controlling external parasitesDescription: The main external parasites are flystrike ticks lice (biting and sucking) scab External parasites can have negative impact on animal - health,...
Development of ewes that lambed young
Solution name: Development of ewes that lambed young Aim: The aim is to have less difficult lambing as possible and the replacement can grow up her lamb.Description: Because of bad feeding or early breeding date the weak female lambs could be in gestation. Topic:...
Replacement nutrition requirement for first lactation
Solution name: Replacement nutrition requirement for first lactation Aim: Our goal is to raise well-developed young lamb and to keep the number of days between the first and second lambing to a minimum.Description: The feeding of the young lamb is largely determined...
Managing gastrointestinal parasite infection
Solution name: Gastrointestinal parasite infection Aim: Decreasing the optimal life circumstance of worms and larves to avoid the critical infectionDescription: All around the world the internal parasites cause one of the biggest health issue that can cause economical...