Use of the Abattoir in Nutritional Monitoring (20% discount for booking online)

This course will utilise the onsite abattoir at Sutton Bonington to give a hands on approach to the collection and use of samples collected at the abattoir from cull and prime stock.  The course will also cover how to send samples and how to utilize the results of the abattoir sample analysis to monitor the herd and improve nutritional status.  Further to the interpretation we will explore together the strategies available to correct identified nutritional issues and how to check that our approach has worked.

Course Description

Topics to be covered: 

The use of the abattoir for nutritional monitoring

How to package and send samples

How to interpret results from abattoir samples, including limitations of use as a herd tool

Strategies that can be used to correct issues determined from abattoir sample analysis and ways to check these are effective.

 Learning Objectives: 

Understand what samples can be collected from an abattoir and how to collect them

Be able to package and send samples

Understand how to interpret results from abattoir collected samples

Outline strategies to correct issues determined from abattoir sample analysis

 Required delegate attributes or who this course is suitable for: 

This course is designed for those wanting to increase their knowledge of mineral monitoring and how useful abattoir collected material can be.