| Description |
1 online resource (325 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Foreword; Contents; About the authors; Other books and technical manuals written by the senior author; Acknowledgements; Acknowledgement of The Crawford Fund; Chemical warning; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Milk supplies and demands in tropical Asian countries; 1.2 An outline of this book; Chapter 2 The diversity of dairy farming systems in tropical Asia; 2.1 Definitions of dairy farming systems; 2.2 Strategies to increase domestic milk production; 2.3 The pros and cons of large-scale dairy farms; Chapter 3 Addressing the key constraints to tropical dairy farming |
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3.1 Key activities on any dairy farm3.2 The benefits of intensification; 3.3 Key constraints facing smallholder dairy farmers in tropical Asia; Chapter 4 Physical features on smallholder farms; 4.1 Land; 4.2 Buildings; 4.3 Farm infrastructure; 4.4 Feed storage; 4.5 Checklist for planning dairy sheds; Chapter 5 Physical features on large-scale farms; 5.1 Land; 5.2 Buildings; 5.3 Specific details of buildings; 5.4 Water and feeding management; 5.5 Tunnel or assisted ventilation barns; 5.6 Milking parlour and automatic data recording; 5.7 Summarising considerations for shed designs |
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Chapter 6 Managing the human resources on tropical dairy farms6.1 Smallholder farms; 6.2 Large-scale dairy farms; Chapter 7 Best management practices for smallholder dairy farmers; 7.1 The importance of record keeping on dairy farms; 7.2 Producing quality forages on smallholder dairy farms; 7.3 The Golden Rules for tropical smallholder dairy farming; 7.4 Key Performance Indicators; 7.5 Selected KPIs quantifying each Golden Rule; 7.6 Quantifying improved herd management; 7.7 A checklist to assess current herd and farm management |
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7.8 A checklist for assessing current calf and heifer rearing systems7.9 Examples of improved management practices; Chapter 8 Best management practices on large-scale, intensively managed dairy farms; 8.1 Forage production; 8.2 Feeding management; 8.3 Young stock management; 8.4 Disease management; 8.5 Reproductive management; 8.6 Cow comfort; what it is and why it is so important; 8.7 Other measures of herd management; 8.8 Milking management; Chapter 9 Developing your observation skills; 9.1 What to look for; 9.2 Don't just look; observe your stock; 9.3 Signals of good and poor health |
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9.4 Cow signals at the feed troughChapter 10 Addressing the problems of stock welfare; 10.1 What do dairy cows really want?; 10.2 Problems of confinement; 10.3 The basic elements of dairy cattle welfare; 10.4 Observing and learning from cow behaviour; 10.5 Managing surplus stock to the dairy herd; Chapter 11 Introducing the concept of farm business management; 11.1 What is good farm business management?; 11.2 Breaking down costs and returns on dairy farms; 11.3 A case study of the herd dynamics and farm profits achievable on smallholder dairy farms in Malaysia |
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11.4 A case study of the Feeding Profits achievable on a large-scale intensive dairy farm in Indonesia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dairying -- Southeast Asia
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Milk yield -- Southeast Asia
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Dairy farming -- Southeast Asia -- Management
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Dairy farms -- Southeast Asia -- Management
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Dairy farming -- Management
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Dairy farms -- Management
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Dairying
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Milk yield
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Southeast Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chamberlain, Philip
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| ISBN |
9781486306473 |
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1486306470 |
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9781486306466 |
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1486306462 |
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