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    • Overview

      Welcome to Transition Cow Management Online.  The program is a 4 week fully online learning experience that supports you to develop a transition feeding plan for improving milk production and reproductive performance and reducing the risk of herd health issues around calving time.

    • At the end of this program, you will be able to:

      1. Assess the health of your herd at calving time, and know which diseases can be prevented by a good transition cow program
      2. Describe the various approaches to transition feeding programs
      3. Understand the influence of diet on the risk of developing milk fever and other cow health problems during calving time
      4. Identify dietary requirements of heifers and cows during the transition period
      5. Develop, improve and implement transition cow feeding programs for your farm business
      6. Evaluate the effectiveness of your transition cow feeding program in reducing cow health problems and improving milk production and reproductive performance

    • In this video, Dairy Australia’s Steph Bullen, Lead - Animal Health and Fertility and Ruairi McDonnell, Lead - Feedbase and Nutrition welcome you to the program, explain what the online learning experiences entail and highlight how transition feeding programs can support your farm business.

         

         

    • Why is this program important to your dairy farm business?

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    • To help your facilitators get to know you, please tell them about your dairy farm business.