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160. Individual daily milk yields should be recorded at least monthly and monitored against lactation curves appropriate to the yield level of the herd by month of calving. This will allow evaluation of the effectiveness of the feeding regimen and identify potential welfare problems at an early stage (paragraph 242).
161. Farmers should use condition scoring as a routine management tool to check that dairy cows are in optimum condition. They should familiarise themselves with the MAFF booklet, Condition scoring of dairy cattle', once this is available. We understand this is currently in preparation (paragraph 252).