By Faye, B., Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 1992
Description
The notion of pathological associations has led researchers to establish farm 'health profiles', in the knowledge that a certain number of health disorders on stock farms seem to be correlated. In this study (part of an coo-pathological survey of 83 diary farms representative of the range of dairy farm types to be found in France), five health profiles are described, allowing classification of the farms according to incidence levels of infectious diseases of the foot, uterus and treat (Profile 3), incidence of calving disorders (Profiles 2 and 4) and low disease incidence in general (Profiles 1 and 5). The farms were also analysed in terms of farm structure data, providing a classification into three dairy farm classes defined as traditional, intensive and intermediate. Crossing these three farm types against the five health profiles reveals a concordance between traditional farms and low-pathology health profiles, between intensive farms and a high incidence of infectious disease, and between intermediate farms and calving disorders. This concordance suggests that some production systems should be regarded as high risk, with a higher risk where the farmer has insufficient mastery of the techniques required for good herd management
The notion of pathological associations has led researchers to establish farm 'health profiles', in the knowledge that a certain number of health disorders on stock farms seem to be correlated. In this study (part of an coo-pathological survey of 83 diary farms representative of the range of dairy farm types to be found in France), five health profiles are described, allowing classification of the farms according to incidence levels of infectious diseases of the foot, uterus and treat (Profile 3), incidence of calving disorders (Profiles 2 and 4) and low disease incidence in general (Profiles 1 and 5). The farms were also analysed in terms of farm structure data, providing a classification into three dairy farm classes defined as traditional, intensive and intermediate. Crossing these three farm types against the five health profiles reveals a concordance between traditional farms and low-pathology health profiles, between intensive farms and a high incidence of infectious disease, and between intermediate farms and calving disorders. This concordance suggests that some production systems should be regarded as high risk, with a higher risk where the farmer has insufficient mastery of the techniques required for good herd management
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