Your car came with a manual.
So did the gizmo on the counter.
Now your dairy animal does, too.
This is a digital resource and a printable manual in one. 170 video case studies of situations you are likely to encounter. New case studies and how-to's are included automatically. As we encounter situations you may too, we record and upload so they are waiting for you when you need to know.
You will no longer be alone in a crisis, and you'll have expert advice as things come up daily: What is this on my cow's hide? What do I do about this mastitis? How do I put condition on my cow? How do I give calcium in milk fever? What if my animal won't eat? How do I know when it's time to intervene with calving or lambing?
You are buying an expanding digital library at your fingertips for a one-time fee of $97. NO subscription. All of the transcripts and photos are printable and downloadable with a single click.
The case studies are the meat and potatoes — and in a format enjoyable enough that the kids will ask to watch. But make no mistake, this is more than most non-dairy vets know about caring for a dairy animal. If you have a common issue, you *will* find prevention, treatment and case studies in here.
Thirty years of wisdom on how to keep your livestock healthy and treat them when they are not packed into six one-hour lectures. You don't have to watch them all at once, or at all, to get tremendous value out of the at-your-fingertips guide on what to do in dozens of common scenarios that you are likely to see sooner or later. Applicable to all species.
Transcripts and photo antlas are searchable, downloadable, printable — ready by subject when you need it. Some people binge it. Others keep it as a must-have resource for the time of need that is coming. Most use both ways — learning when they can and grabbing in a situation when you need expert advice. The 5-star reviews speak for themselves.
A book on your shelf isn't going to teach you how to IV or show you in detail how to get out of a crisis when your cow can't get up. This manual will. This isn't theory. It is hands-down the most practical guide to caring for your livestock, and don't try to dairy without it. We have physical books too but nothing replaces the skills you will have from this Manual.
Dr. Hubert Karreman has been a practicing holistic dairy veterinarian for more than three decades. And now he milks 60 grass-fed A2A2 Jerseys on his farm with his wife Suzanne, along with a flock of sheep, pigs, bulls, chickens, horses and guard dogs.
Dr.K is like a real-life Dr. Harriott. He is as approachable if you are nine-year-old as he is a gold mine of knowledge if you’ve had cows for forty years. He walks you through every common condition in ruminant animals and how to treat it holistically and conventionally. Most of this life-saving information is not available on YouTube.
Easy-to-understand teaching, listed by subject.
170 video case studies (and growing!) covering the common and the rare.
360 photos and captions in a printable Atlas.
24,862 searchable words for quick reference.
Transcripts printable with one download.
Topics covered:
Calving, lambing & kidding (including difficult presentations)
Colostrum management and troubleshooting nursing
Milk fever: prevention & treatment
Retained placenta: prevention, conventional and holistic treatment
Mastitis & udder health (including the one type that is a life-threatening emergency and how we treat both holistically and conventionally)
Staph-a
Skin issues
Digestion, scours
Ketosis & acidosis (life-saving protocol for grain overload: you need this!!)
Pink eye
Respiratory & pneumonia
Hoof & lameness
Mouth & teeth (including relatively unknown but life-saving dental work on ruminants)
Reproduction
Odd & rare conditions
How to give an IV, tube a calf and a dozen other life-saving skills
Foundational teaching on immune system, natural treatments
Parasites
Botanicals, homeopathy, accupuncture, chiropractic and physical medicine
How to do a physical exam
Choosing a vet
When to switch from natural treatments to pharmaceuticals
How to put condition on a skinny cow
Dry-off
More than we can list...
You don't have to sift through to get to the sound advice here. It's all literally vetted by a vet who has dealt with the exact situations for decades.
This Manual is for anyone who has livestock. Most of the discussion is about cows, and some sheep, but all of the treatments are applicable to farm animals generally.
This is the information you absolutely must know if you have a dairy animal. You will save more than the price of this Manual with one vet visit skipped. And it may just save your animal’s life.
You will be confident knowing how to tube, give an IV, treat milk fever, ketosis and deal with more than a dozen other issues that you are likely to face one time or another.
Additionally, there are resources on parasites, grafting a calf on a cow, how to milk a kicky heifer without a cumbersome device, how to know when to resort to antibiotics and the philosophy of treating conditions naturally.
This is not some theoretical guide. This is nitty-gritty, in-the-trenches stuff from a veterinarian and a dairy farmer who have together been in this for more than five decades. This is a steal at this price. This is easily a $1000 eduction. And it's true worth is whatever your animal is worth to you. It can save her life.
We are deeply invested in your dreams. Your likelihood of success just went way up. Lock in with confidence.
Disclaimers: This Manual does not replace veterinary advice, and is not meant to diagnose or treat disease. It is for educational purposes only. If your animal needs help, your local veterinarian is still your best ally and some situations require a veterinarian no matter how prepared you are. Although every attempt has been made to cover situations in a multi-factorial way with many possible treatments and outcomes shown, we cannot possibly cover every issue that could come up with your livestock. It is our goal to make you better prepared in every situation you face, and a better advocate for your animal. Dr. Karreman is happy to speak with your veterinarian directly about non-antibiotic, non-steroidal and non-hormonal treatment plans as part of his mission to make modern veterinary medicine inclusive of natural and plant-based methods. He does not exclusively advocate for natural medicine, as there are cases where the life and health of the animal requires modern pharmaceutical care.