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On completion of this module the students should be able to: Recognise normal and abnormal animal behaviour and clinical signs with a view to recognising conditions that may require veterinary attention; Understand the principles of good stockmanship; Know the animal health status of our national dairy herd; Understand the principles of biosecurity and the influence a well executed biosecurity plan can have on the disease status and profitability of a dairy farm; Understand the basic pathogenesis of economically important infectious diseases that impact Irish dairy herds such as bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR), leptospirosis, salmonellosis, neosporosis, Johnes disease; About modern disease diagnostic techniques; Understand the principles of disease control; Analyse the economic impact of infectious disease on a farm-specific basis; Understand the basic pathogenesis of parasitic diseases of Irish dairy herds namely, ostertagiosis (roundworm), dictyocaulosis (lungworm), fascioliosis (liver fluke) and rumen fluke;Understand parastire control options; Implement correct milking procedures; Understand and explain milking machine operation and maintenance and how this impacts mastitis levels within a herd; Understand the basis of mastitis control programmes and their implementation at both national and herd level; Implement a farm-specific mastitis control programme via CellCheck; Interpret farm records (e.g. milk recording reports) with the aim of continuously monitoring and improving herd performance; Understand the area of milk quality residues and microbiology; Undertake locomotion scoring and hoof scoring with a view to determining the lameness status of a herd; Understand calving problems, abortion and stillbirth; Rearing a health calf through the first year;Rearing a healthy heifer until calving.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Practical | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 26 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 64 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: Final Exam | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 65 |
Continuous Assessment: Short questionnaires throughout the Semester | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 35 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
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Name | Role |
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Dr Sylvie Doné | Tutor |