Animal Management Plan (AMP)
Goal
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To manage animals in a production system that sustains performance and profit and ensures the care and welfare of animals. Animals that are well fed and managed are less prone to disease and pest challenge and therefore likely to have a reduced need for medicine intervention.
Treatment of animals with medicines is based on identifying and documenting a demonstrated need. Sustainable systems that incorporate integrated management and genetic solutions are complementary to animal health and animal performance.
Animal Health and Welfare Issues covered by this plan
The Animal Management Plan is developed in consultation with an approved Veterinarian who has working knowledge of animal health and welfare challenges relevant to this region.
The Plan will reflect the unique mix of animal health challenges and opportunities found on each farm. Actions developed to address each health or welfare issue will reflect the resources and capabilities available to the producer.
AMP Conditions
A fully applied and current level of 'Base Farm Assurance' is a prerequisite. Qualifying 'Base Farm Assurance' must comprehensively cover industry requirements for food safety and animal welfare.
Pasture only feeding must be practised.
A documented feed plan must demonstrate that the
animals are well fed for the forthcoming year.
The feed plan must include:
- A plan to cope with possible feed shortages including droughts and/or floods and/or snow storms.
- A plan for managing sheep post shearing.
A documented animal health management plan must be prepared and detail:
- All anticipated animal health challenges.
- A monitoring programme to address the challenges.
- A forecasted schedule of medicine inputs and management inputs.
- A management system to demonstrate that all reasonable steps have been taken to address disease and parasite challenge through integrated animal, pasture and crop management.
- Evidence that genetic solutions are actively sought to address animal health challenges for the environment in which the animals are being farmed.
Full Plan Conditions may be downloaded as small documents (both less than 34kb), in two versions. Please click to download:
AMP Key Points
- Emphasises good animal nutrition as the key weapon against animal health challenges.
- Addresses the threat of parasite resistance to chemicals by -
- monitoring and forecasted treatment schedules
- integrated management systems between stock classes/species
- animal breeding solutions
- Less chemical use
- Reduced losses from sub-clinical parasitism
- A sustainable animal system
- A productive and profitable animal system
