Health risk management in suckler herds

Aims of health risk management on suckler farms can be to optimise the fertility, animal survival and growth rates over each single production season

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Health risk management in suckler herds

Measurable gains in livestock health can be valued in various ways; healthier animals enjoy much higher welfare, take less time to manage, improve the mental health of stock-workers, have a lower carbon...

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