Transition Cow Management, Tuesday 24th November, 2026

The essentials

10:00 to 17:00 online training

7 hours CPD; limited to 8 delegates.

£300 + VAT.

Trainer: Owen Atkinson BVSc DCHP FRCVS, RCVS Specialist in Cattle Health and Production

“Down to earth, practical, relevant to my everyday farm vet work. Ideas I can put into practice tomorrow” AS

“Loads of good information and background materials. Plenty of theory, lots of examples…cow behaviour, biochem, housing. Well balanced course.” IR

“Learned a lot and feel far more confident to get involved with transition cow management. Case studies were really good.” LJ

What is covered?

This one-day training is suitable for dairy vets who want to improve their knowledge and confidence around transition cow monitoring and advising in practice.

This workshop includes:

  • The transition cow’s nutrient requirements, focussing on energy as well as minerals.
  • Managing the energy gap challenge and dry matter feed intakes.
  • Rumen acclimatisation, in particular with relation to reducing SARA risk.
  • Understanding transition disorders and their inter-links.
  • Overall group and dietary strategies for transition cows: two-group, single group and stable groups; controlled energy diets and practical work-arounds.
  • Assessing transition cow success: what to monitor; KPIs; feedback and feed-forwards measurements.
  • Building re-designs and facility planning.
  • Strategies for milk fever control, including DCAB and Ca binder.
  • Practical transition problems and solutions, using case studies.

At the end of this workshop you will have gained knowledge and greater understanding on transition cow management and how to investigate problems. You will have skills and confidence to improve the advice you can give to dairy farmers.

This course is standalone, but makes a great combination alongside the Dairy Cow Nutrition and CowSignals® courses for a fully rounded understanding. Several vets have previously booked all three together and say this works very well.

Slides, checklists and notes will be available for you to use in practice.

How to book

Please follow the registration button below or email owen@dairyveterinaryconsultancy.co.uk to reserve your place.

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An invoice will be issued ahead of the training.

Cancellation policy

  1. We ask that course fees are paid in advance. If for any reason a course is not run, then the registration fee will be refunded in full. Other expenses incurred (such as pre-booked travel expenses) are excluded.
  2. Cancellations by delegates must be made in writing (email). A cancellation fee of 25% of the total registration fee will be made for cancellations up to 14 days before the course. Refunds will not normally be made for cancellations within 14 days of the course.
  3. Delegates may substitute another person in place of themselves for a course but they must notify DVC of the name of the replacement delegate in advance of the training date.
  4. Please ensure that DVC is notified of any changes in contact details. We ask this in case we need to contact you with course changes. Please ensure your email settings allow our emails to you.