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OBSALIM : MethodA unique and original diagnostic and feed adjustment method based on the observation of cattle, sheep and goats: OBSALIM®.
For those who know how to read and interpret the signs displayed by farm animals, it becomes very easy to manage a herd profitably and without the occurrence of disease. The OBSALIM® method is the key to this. OBSALIM® will teach you to recognise and interpret a large number of symptoms in the animals that are closely and accurately related to the digestion of their ration. Based on observation of the eyes, hooves, skin, hide, dung, urine and other indicators, you can establish a precise diagnosis of the nutritional condition and needs of the animal.
All of the OBSALIM® data is factual and is an essential part of observation in the field. The herd continually provides us with physiological signals that are easy to recognise. Samples of observation: After the 2 observation steps on the herd in general, (see homogeneity and the cross of the hock) E.g. the presence of yellow scabbing or crystals: excess of degradable nitrogen ingested too quickly.
To make an accurate OBSALIM® Diagnosis, at least three symptoms should be used.
For cattle: the eyes or for sheep: greasy deposits in the wool.
E.g. Licking and pHG Zone (area behind the shoulder) active: pH drop in rumen: acidosis peak after eating.
For the complete method, see the notice included in the set of cards: click here or continue to read to look to the différent areas and symptoms : click here, but don't forget the steps of the méthod to achieve a safe and succesful OBSALIM diagnosis
1/ Assess the homogeneity of the herd:
→ If there is too much variation in condition between the cows in the herd, the cows are not adapting to
their living conditions. There is possibly room for improvement in feeding. 2/ Orientation : the cross of the hock: → Dirtiness under the horizontal hock line: evaluating the feeding is paramount.
→ Dirtiness behind the vertical line: there are issues with space and room to rest.
3/ Assess the rumen stability, after each meal or from one meal to another.
4/ Look for other OBSALIM® symptoms: choose the three most pronounced symptoms from three different areas to make the diagnosis by calculating the totals for the values of the correlating criterions.
Then you can use the set of cards and make your diagnosis by adding up the value for each OBSALIM criterion (fE, gE, fP, gP, fF,sF, sR)
Use OBSALIM® and find out for yourself...
Following are the 61 feeding symptoms, that are described in the set of cards, and more precisely in the book. They are classified by the observing areas.
Choice and click : Hair, Skin , Cowpats, Urine, Eye, Nose, Foot, Food intake, Rumination, Milk, Reproduction, General, Behaviour and the Cross of the Hock
Hair crest N°2 Spinal chill N°3 Hair in swirls N°4 Lack of structure in the coat N°5 Blurred edges of markings N°6
SKIN: Yelowish-brown coloration Absence of yellow Greasy skin Dry skin
liquid cowpats cowpats with fragments of mucus elastic cowpats bubbling cowpats changing cowpats cowpats with short fibres cowpats with fibres of more than 2cm cowpats with cereal grains and fibres evacuation lying down evacuation during milking Yellow urine Changing urine
EYE: Black crusts on the inside corner of the eye Yellow crystals on the inside corner of the eye Pale eye Red eye Protruding third eyelid Swelling of the eyelids
Discharges from the nose Nose stained Pale nose
Redness of the claw skin fold Ulcers on the sole Hard sole
FOOD INTAKE: Total time spent eating, less than 5 hrs Irregular food intake Food intake during rumination
RUMINATION: Less than 75% of the animals lyins down during the rumination phase at the beginning of the afternoon Less than 40 chews movements during one rumination phase More than 60 chews movements during one rumination phase
MILK: End of milking, takes too long Slow preparation for milking Large gap fat-prot Small gap fat-prot
REPRODUCTION: Absence of cycling (anoestrus) Poor fertility
GENERAL: Thin animals, loss of weight Spine prominent Animals with distended flank, persistent Congestive disease Elimination disease
Animals very slow
CROSS OF THE HOCK: animals are durty under the line animals are dury behind the line
method / 4 steps of the method / For CATTLE / For GOATS
Some of the symptoms are the same, and some more specifics are the following:
BEHAVIOUR: Disturbed cudding
CROSS OF THE HIP: animals are dirty under the hip cross
DROPPINGS : Shapeless Increased size droppings Hard droppings Presence of grains in the droppings, without fibres Big heaps of droppings Dark droppings Brown droppings
FEEDING: Selective or refusal
FEET: Redness Horizontal lines or break Repulsive smell of the claw
GENERAL : Heterogeneous flock Animals with hanging neck General weakness Weight loss
HOUSING: Irritating smell
MILK: Cold teats Week lambs
SKIN: Oozing deposits, inguinal Black deposits, inguinal Parasites Yellow deposits
WOOL-FLEECE: pHG area Black ends of wool Greasy fleece Wet fleece Open fleece Dry fleece Yellow brown deposits in the middle of the strands of wool Wool breaking Curled wool Hair loss
method / 4 steps of the method / For CATTLE /
Most of the symptoms are the same, and some more specifics are the following:
BEHAVIOUR: The goats are aggressive.
DROPPINGS: Wet droppings
FEET: Shuffling during miking
GENERAL: Heterogeneous herd of goats Spine prominent Homogeneous herd, heavy Homogeneous herd, thin
HAIR: Hair crest on flank Shiny coat Dull coat
MILK: Inversion of values Red udder Weak kids Soft curd
RUMINATION: Teeth grinding during rumination Frothing during rumination
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- To help all herdsmen in conducting their own nutritional analysis on a day to day basis
- By simply observing their animals
- 143 signs that reveal the response of cattle, sheep and goats to their feeding.
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