Start date: 13 November 2024
Duration: 8:30am – 5pm
Location: Morning theory session - Tullamore Court Hotel , Co. Offaly | Afternoon practical session– on farm
Certificate: CVE credits pending approval by VCI
Cost: €440
Programme overview
XLVets Skillnet are hosting a "CowSignals for the Veterinary Practitioner" event on Wednesday 13th November 2024. CowSignals is a proven approach in assessing a cow’s environment, welfare and husbandry. productivity, health and longevity. CowSignals was developed by a group of Dutch vets in 2002 and has been developed since to incorporate the latest evidence-based research in dairy health and husbandry to improve the way we house and manage our cows.
As vets in practice, we are highly trained to measure clinical signs, it is part of our diagnostic skills. CowSignals training builds on this to make us more familiar to subtle behavioural signals in our client’s herds.
In this one-day course designed for farm animal veterinary practitioners, gain confidence in advising farmers about housing design, feeding and management practices adding further value to the clinical services on offer in your practice. You will learn how to advise dairy farmers with tips to improve the cow’s health and welfare resulting in reduced disease and injury and increased production efficiencies.
Event Details
Morning – Interactive lecture
Looking through the eyes of a cow
– What does a cow need?
– Look, Think, Act: observing with purpose
– Recognizing UNO’s and risk animals
– Working with the CowSignals® Diamond
– Signs and solutions for feed, water, light, air, rest, and space
Afternoon – Practical workshop on a dairy farm
– Observing from the feed alley
– Observing among the cows
– Observing one cow in detail
– advice for the farmer
Trainer:
Bert van Niejenhuis, CowSignals
– CowSignals Expert
– Veterinarian, Dairy Management
Feedback:
See what some of the vets who attended this session in 2023 said;
“CowSignals was a really well run informative day. Well worth attending with loads of practical tips and advice”
“CowSignals course reopened my eyes to cow flow and comfort, helping me to provide better solutions to my clients”
“Hugely engaging and informative, great day”
“PowerPoint presentation was excellent with good videos”
About XLVets Skillnet:
Established in 2011, XLVets Skillnet is a not-for-profit Learning Network co-funded by Skillnet Ireland and our member companies. Skillnet Ireland is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Of the 70+ Skillnet Ireland Learning Networks, we are the only Network dedicated exclusively to supporting the veterinary sector in Ireland. We do this through the provision of high-quality, sector-led, subsidised training and education.
For further details visit https://xlvetsskillnet.ie/
