Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Cow Signals concept
Cow Signals Diamond
SECTION ONE: Young Stock
- Growth and Development Checklist
- Calf Body Condition Score Card
- Calf Lying Comfort Score Card
- Diagnosis List for Diarrhoea in Young Calves
- New Heifers Checklist
SECTION TWO: Feed & Water
- Feed Intake Score Card
- Rumen Fill Score Card
- Body Condition Score Card
- Manure Score Card: Digestion
- Manure Score Card: Consistency
- Drinking Troughs Checklist
SECTION THREE: Rest & Space
- Checklist Calm cows in the barn
- Space Checklist
- Stress-free Driving Instruction Card
- Instruction card: Driving cattle in a stress-free way
- Standing Up and Lying Down Checklist
- Stall Checklist
- Lying Comfort Scorecard
SECTION FOUR: Light and Air
- Light Checklist
- Air, Ventilation and Climate Checklist
- Heat Stress Checklist: (21 Degrees Action Plan)
SECTION FIVE: Hoof care
- Hoof Health Checklist Success factors
- Hoof Health Checklist 10 action points
- Checklist Footbaths
- Hoof Trimming Instruction Card
- Mobility Score Card
- Locomotion Score Card (Movement)
- Hoof Signals Score Chart
- Hoof Conditions Score Card
- Hoof Bandage Instruction Card
SECTION SIX: Udder health
- Hygiene Score Card
- Milking Instruction Card
- Milk Sampling Instruction Card
- Teat Health Score Card
- California Mastitis Test (CMT) Instruction Card
- Instruction Card for infusing the Udder
SECTION SEVEN: Fertility
- Score Card Oestrus Signals
- Pregnancy Checklsit
- Instruction Card for Thawing SEMEN
- Insemination Instruction Card
- Insemination Technique Instruction Card
SECTION EIGHT: Health & Disease
- Health and Welfare Checklist
- Sickness and Distress Checklist
- Injection Instruction Card
- Rule no. 1 for Effective Treatment Checklist
SECTION NINE: Dry period-Transition
- Dry Cows Management Checklist
- Calving Assistance Instruction Card
- Fresh Cow Management Instruction Card
- 10-Days plan: daily checklist for fresh cows
SECTION TEN: Management
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Instruction Card
- Instruction Card for Communicating with Staff
- Labour efficiency Checklist