Vets ‘need to be data managers to preempt herd health problems’
Herd health expert Jens Philipsen said that providing a reactive emergency response service to farmers is no longer sufficient. He was addressing 120 vets from Ireland, UK and Denmark attending a recent conference in Cork to consider a Food Harvest strategy for Irish veterinary.
UCD Veterinary School lecturer Luke O’Grady also picked up on the theme of data management. He reminded delegates that vets will need the systems to gather the relevant data and the software to produce concise reports for each farmer in “three clicks of a mouse”.
