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Scottish Animal Health Planning System
Solution name: Scottish Animal Health Planning System
Aim: Provision of a flock health planning system that allows targets to be set and performance to be reviewed annually and compared to previous years.
Description:
An online web based health planning system that can be accessed by the flock owner and their vet. The system has 15 steps divided into 4 main sections:
- Data collection
- Problem analysis
- Action plans
- Summary of outputs
There are currently more than 2500 beef and sheep farmers registered on the system and more than 3500 flock health plans have been created.
How to implement:
Your veterinary practice has to register to use the system.
Training is available.
https://www.sahps.co.uk/features/
Topic: Management
Production: Meat/Dairy
Animal Category: All
Issue: Flock Health Planning
Level of Solution: Knowledge, Practical
Country: UK

Expected benefits
Expected benefits:
- Ability to generate reports to compare year on year flock performance.
- Ability to benchmark against other data in the system with filters to allow comparisons between similar enterprises within local geographic region.
Prerequisites and/or limits (knowledge, training, capabilities, cost, management, facilities, equipment, etc.):
- Reliant on accurate and ongoing data entry.
- Access to the system is free to veterinary practices in Scotland. Practices outwith Scotland pay an annual subscription.
- A reliable internet connection is required.
- An app has been created for beef cattle and one is planned for sheep.