Management of dairy cattle
- Regularity of care: The operations done on these animals should be performed regularly without abrupt interruptions as those may affect the production of animals.
- Kindness to animals: Rough handling of animals like beating reduces the productivity and can even cause injuries that may be expensive to treat.
- Exercise: Animals need light exercise for good health, but long distances of movement should be avoided as these require a lot of energy lowering animal production.
- Grooming: Keeping hind quarters of animals off dung, loose hair and any dirt by brushing and dipping leads to production of high-quality milk.
- Hoof trimming: Overgrown hoofs should be trimmed to avoid difficulty in movement and lameness
- Dehorning: Apart from introducing uniformity in the herd, handling of dehorned animals is easy and less risky
- Identification: For record purposes, dairy animals should be identified by ear tagging notching, branding and tattooing.
- Provision of adequate water; Animals need enough water since the biggest percentage of their body is water. Excessive loss of water from the body reduces milk produced.
- Breeding: A farmer should aim at breeding of his herd to increase animal number and productivity by incorporating good breeds in the breeding program.
- Proper feeding: dairy animals should be given enough and highly nutritious feeds to improve and maintain a high level of production
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