Blueprints for Tropical Dairy Farming

pp. v-vi

Contents

pp. vii-xi

About the authors

pp. x-xi

Other books and technical manuals

pp. xii-xiii

Acknowledgements

pp. xiv-xv

Acknowledgement of Crawford Fund

pp. xvi

Chemical warning

pp. xvii-xviii

Chapter 1. Introduction

pp. 1-10

Chapter 2. The Diversity of dairy farming systems in tropical Asia

pp. 11-24

Chapter 3. Addressing the key constraints to tropical dairy farming

pp. 25-40

Chapter 4. Physical features on smallholder farms

pp. 41-64

Chapter 5. Physical features on large-scale farms

pp. 65-94

Chapter 6. Managing the human resources on tropical dairy farms

pp. 95-102

Chapter 7. Best management practices for smallholder dairy farms

pp. 103-142

Chapter 8. Best management practices on large-scale, intensively managed dairy farms

pp. 143-178

Chapter 9. Developing your observation skills

pp. 179-192

Chapter 10. Addressing the problems of stock welfare

pp. 193-204

Chapter 11. Introducing the concept of farm business management

pp. 205-226

Chapter 12. Regional smallholder dairy development programs

pp. 227-248

Chapter 13. The final words

pp. 249-270

Appendix 1. Temperature Humidity Index

pp. 271

Appendix 2. Signals for assessing healthy and sick cows

pp. 272-275

Appendix 3. Questionnaire for Indonesian dairy farmers

pp. 276-286

Appendix 4. A floor plan of a 50-cow dairy shed in Pakistan

pp. 287

Appendix 5. A plan for a free stall shed

pp. 288

Appendix 6. A plan for cooling a free stall shed

pp. 289-290

Abbreviations

pp. 291

Units of measurements

pp. 292-293

Glossary

pp. 294-300

References and further reading

pp. 301-304

Index

pp. 305-306