CA01 - Introduction, preventative medicine, and health planning

Introduction, preventative medicine, and health planning

What are the three “F”s of input costs for farmers producing milk and beef?

Feed, Fertilizer, and Fuel

When does Red Tractor Farm Assurance allow Highest Priority - Critically Important Antibiotics (HP-CIAs)?

Only after sensitivity testing shows that they are the only antibiotics that can be used

Name 3 notifiable diseases in cattle

1. Foot and Mouth Disease

2. Bluetongue 

3. Bovine Tuberculosis

What does SMART stand for?

Specific

Measurable 

Achievable 

Relevant 

Time-based

What are the four major components of a preventative medicine programme?

1. Objectives - define them

2. Implementation of programme (execution)

   1. Data evaluation

   2. Clinical exam

   3. Farm inspection

3. Decision making - based on monitoring, evaluation, and interpretation

4. Follow up

What are at least 3 ways to improve biosecurity in a farm?

1. Maintain a closed herd/flock

2. Operate an isolation policy for purchased stock

3. Provide clean feed & water

4. Control visitors and vehicles 

5. Control rodents and birds 

6. Define and monitor health status 

7. Operate a disease control programme