Kontrola výživy, metabolismu a zdraví dojnic

The bachelor thesis Inspection of Nutrition, Metabolism and Health of Dairy Cows is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part includes a summarising of basic options for a nutrition, metabolism and health inspection of dairy cows based on the study of the professional experience literature. This part includes the principles of the nutrition of the high-yield dairy cows and an introduction of the principles of production and preventive medical care (Herd Health Management) in dairy farming. Within the options of the nutrition, metabolism and health supervision there are presented subjective and objective methods that are used to detect deficiencies and nutrition and health disorders in practical farming conditions. These methods include a structure assessment of feed rations, ratings of BCS (body condition scoring), a rumen content evaluation, a rumination, an excrement consistency and a locomotion score of cows. Furthermore, there are presented the possibilities of the result using according to examinations of pool and individual cow milk samples. The practical part of the thesis contains a summary of assessments of the specific farm using by above mentioned methods