Newsletter
News Letter
Leeuwarden, November 2011
At the moment:
- The Friesian and a number of cluster companies will take place at the Animal Farming Fair in Kiev (4 - 6 October 2011). The Friesian, on behalf of Infomoloko project, will participate at the seminar Dutch – Ukrainian Cooperation in Dairy and Practical Tips for Solving Some of the Crucial Issues in Dairy Heard Management, organized on the 4th of October 2011 in a cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
- The 3d course for the veterinarians in Ukraine will take place in Kiev, from 18th till 20th October 2011.
The vet course is prepared by the teachers and professors of Kiev University, Utrecht University and the experts of The Friesian. The course will include 2 theory days and 1 practical day. At the end of the course, all the participants will get a certificate of the Veterinary Faculty of Utrecht University.
If you would like to take part at this course, please contact
Gomzikov Olexey, tel. + 38 (068) 351 13 32,
e-mail: homzikov@rambler.ru
The history of the vet course:
In November 2010, 4 teachers of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Kiev University) have spent two weeks in Utrecht (Netherlands). The aim of the visit was to get acquainted with methods, forms and content of education at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Utrecht (UU). The Ukrainian teachers took part at the seminars and practical trainings at the UU. After their return to Kiev, together with the professors of UU, a number of lectures for the new course have been developed. The 1st round of the course took part in Kiev in November 2010. 15 Ukrainian veterinarians took part at the lectures, seminars and practical training of the course.
From 15 till 17th February 2011, the second round of the Post Graduate Course for the Veterinarians took place in Kiev.
The 1st round of the course has been evaluated by the participants, the teachers and professors of Kiev University and Utrecht University.
The 2nd up – dated round of the course took place in Kiev in the period from 15th till 27th February 2011. 15 Ukrainian veterinarians took part in a three-day course, that has been developed by the joined efforts of Utrecht University, Kiev University and The Friesian.. The course included lectures on a number of veterinarian issues that are acute at this moment in Ukraine, as well as practical training. The practical day took part on a modern dairy farm (Uman region).
- The first mission of the experts of The Friesian and CRV for the G2G program Recording and Processing of Dairy Herd Data in Ukraine took place in the period from 12 till 16 July 2010.
Together with CRV Arnhem The Friesian has started the inception phase for the project Recording and Processing of Dairy Herd Data in Ukraine. There is a need in Ukraine to set-up one structural database system for collecting data from dairy cows on different levels by all partners involved, especially on the farm level. Within this period (12 – 16 July 2010), the team of expert visited the officials in Kiev and also the dairy farms, breeding centers as well as laboratory in Sumy and Charkiv. Although there is much more needed to optimize the Ukrainian dairy sector, the basic ingredients needed are available. Therefore, the introduction of a sustainable individual milk control registration system would surely help the Ukrainian dairy farms to focus on efficient productivity of the herd, taken also into account the monitoring on individual cow udder health. After this inception phase, the project partners hope to receive the official green light for the start of the implementation of the project.
- In December 2009, The Friesian has started the implementation of the feasibility study Identification and Preparation of Project Possibilities for the Dutch Dairy Sector in Ukraine. 7 Ukrainian farms took part in this study. Each Ukrainian farm received an expert analysis (zero – scan) from two Dutch experts. Then, on the basis of this zero – scan, an action plan for the company was made. This action plan included the recommendations of the experts with regard to the productivity, health problems, etc. The focus of the action plan was put on how to increase productivity of the cows without major investments. The second visit of the experts took place after two-three months for the final advice and consultations.
The 5 farms have shown the following improvements so far:
Farm |
Cows number |
Milk |
Milk |
+/- |
Increase of annual volume of milk (kg) |
Farm 1 |
520 |
4774 |
4965 |
+391 |
203 320 |
Farm 2 |
480 |
4642 |
5210 |
+568 |
272 640 |
Farm 3 |
350 |
4725 |
5060 |
+335 |
117 250 |
Farm 4 |
600 |
5210 |
5733 |
+523 |
313 800 |
Farm 5 |
470 |
6163 |
7270 |
+1107 |
520 290 |
If you would like to have more information about any project, please contact:
the project manager Mrs.Natalia Tchernycheva
The Friesian
tel. +31 (0)58 216 72 66
cell +31 (0)6 17 74 84 27
e-mail n.tchernycheva@thefriesian.nl
www.thefriesian.nl
