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The School of Veterinary Medicine at University College Dublin is running a Graduate Certificate in Dairy Herd Health aimed at cattle vet practitioners. It runs online between late August 2026 and December 2027 (excluding March to May 2027), and includes face-to-face teaching days at our Lyons research farm. The programme consists of modules in herd health skills, dairy herd fertility, nutrition and production disease, milk quality and mastitis, calf health and heifer rearing, and bio-secure/infectious diseases.
Applicants must possess a degree in veterinary medicine that is registerable with the Veterinary Council of Ireland. Applicants must also have access to dairy farms and dairy farm data to complete relevant coursework such as farm reports, must have at least three years of relevant veterinary practice experience, and must demonstrate a significant interest in dairy cattle practice.
Dairy Insight is delighted to host this course, with world-leading specialists in the field of calf respiratory health from the University of Ghent delivering a two day, hands-on course, including the opportunity to become a certified qTUS veterinarian. This is an exceptional opportunity to gain the most up to date knowledge in TUS and the practical skills to match. This course is suitable for those new to lung scanning and for those already delivering this service on farm to calibrate and advance their skills. Included are online modules about pneumonia and qTUS technique designed with the latest research, two days on farm small group practicals to develop your qTUS technique, and the opportunity for assessment and certification.
Struggling with sick or unthrifty calves? This evidence-based course covers optimal calf rearing through an integrated approach to health, behaviour, and housing. Topics include measuring calf immunity and its link to disease and mortality, how UK farms compare to current benchmarks, and the impact of housing across individual, pair, and group settings. We'll explore subclinical pneumonia and the use of thoracic ultrasound in practice, alongside cow signals training to help you interpret calf behaviour, feed intake, and growth. The morning features seminars with ample Q&A, and the afternoon moves to the RVC farm for hands-on calf signals assessments, environmental monitoring, and ultrasound practice. Comprehensive course notes are included for ongoing reference.
In the last of the online sessions covering udder health at herd level, delegates are given the chance to review approaches to answering client questions about apparent treatment failure of clinical mastitis leading to recurrence of cases and a increased incidence rate of clinical mastitis. This session will be illustrated with examples to showcase how to monitor cure outcome and how to understand infection patterns resulting in new (index) cases - and appropriate interventions to improve and reduce cure and index case rate respectively. Time for Q&A will be given throughout the session and again at the end.
Diagnosis and management of reproduction and associated diseases and disorders. Clinical reasoning and evidence-based medicine in the management of bovine reproduction. To evaluate the efficacy and efficiency of your practice and adopt new approaches to professional practice in bovine reproduction. To appraise the professional, ethical, and legal issues that frame bovine reproduction. Effectively communicate at different levels including clients and professional colleagues. Conduct independent research in the field of bovine reproduction and produce a research dissertation in an internationally recognised format. The programme is structured around the reproductive cycle of the cow with modules focussing on a key period in the cycle or factors effecting fertility.
A hands-on calving course aimed at the new graduate vet in practice.
This course offers new graduates the opportunity to immerse themselves in case discussions about calving. Delegates will also be able to get hands-on calving practise with our state-of-the-art life-size cow simulator model, allowing practise of malpresentations under guidance as well as the use of calving aids. Additionally, a wet-lab session on uterine suturing technique will give the opportunity to hone c-sections skills in a practical manner.
This course will enable you to feel confident in both the practical aspects of calving as well as the skills needed to communicate with your clients.
