Dr. Nabeel A.

Farm Fresh Berhad is Malaysia’s largest homegrown dairy company, with a 49% market share in the chilled ready-to-drink (“RTD”) milk segment and 23% in the overall RTD milk segment. Operating under a "grass-to-glass" model, Farm Fresh oversees every step of production, from farming to manufacturing and distribution, ensuring top-quality dairy products. The company operates five dairy farms in Malaysia and one in Australia, focusing on fresh milk production, and has expanded internationally with farms in the Philippines and Indonesia & also exports to neighboring countries like Singapore and Brunei. As the Farm Manager at Mawai Dairy Farm, I oversee operations for 2,500 cows, focusing on efficiency, productivity, and animal welfare. My responsibilities include strategic planning, implementing best practices, and supervising multiple farm functions. Key areas include: 🔶 Milking Herd, Close-Up, and Dry Cows Management: Ensuring herd health through proper nutrition, gestation care, and dry period management to minimize calving issues and optimize productivity. 🔶 Feeding and Nutrition Management: Supervising feed formulation, ensuring balanced rations, and using fecal scoring to monitor digestion & health. 🔶 Calf and Young Stock Management: Overseeing the health and growth of calves and young stock with proper nutrition, vaccination, and disease prevention strategies. 🔶 Genetic Improvement: Enhancing herd performance by implementing genetic programs using top-quality semen and bulls. 🔶 Farm Budgeting and Target Setting: Preparing budgets, setting operational goals, and ensuring targets are met through efficient planning. 🔶 Data Management: Using DairyComp 305 for accurate herd performance monitoring and decision-making. 🔶 Parlour Operations: Managing the Waikato 72 fast-exit parlour, ensuring optimal milk quality and smooth operations. 🔶 Staff Training: Training staff to adhere to best practices, ensuring effective farm management and protocol compliance.

As the Health Manager at Mawai Dairy Farm having herd 2500 cows, I oversee several key departments, each led by unit Executive. My role involves guiding unit Executives to ensure that health protocols are properly implemented across all areas of the farm. My ultimate goal is to improve the overall performance and productivity of the farm by ensuring the health and well-being of the animals. 🔶 Milking Herd, Close-Up Cows, and Dry Cows Management: Monitor and manage the health of the milking herd, close-up cows, and dry cows, focusing on nutrition, gestation health, and minimizing calving complications. 🔶 Calf Health Management: Oversee the health and wellness of calves, ensuring proper nutrition, vaccination, and disease prevention strategies. 🔶 Young Stock and Heifer Management: Manage the growth, health, and development of young stock and heifers to ensure they reach optimal productivity and health standards. 🔶 Farm Treatment Protocols and Vaccination Planning: Develop and implement treatment and vaccination planning for the farm, ensuring standardized and effective health practices across all livestock. 🔶 Staff Training: Train farm staff on health management best practices, ensuring compliance with health protocols and improving overall herd health management.

Working at Sharif Dairy Farm Pvt ltd Chiniot, Pakistan, Herd size of 3000 Holstein Friesian Cattle. Responsibilities: • Timely Diagnosis of Diseases & Separation of Sick Animals • Diagnosis & Treatment of different diseases Herd Vaccination with Protocols • Perform Minor & Major Surgeries i.e LDA, RDA & C-Section • LDA Correction through Toggle Method • Management of Hospital According to Severity of Diseases • Control and Management of Different Disease Outbreaks • Mastits Detection • Lameness & Locomotion Scoring • Dystocia, Calving assistance, Fresh Check & Washout • Pregnancy Diagnosis • Artificial Insemination & Estrous Synchronization • Ensure adequate colostrum intake to newborn (through tubing where required) • Adhere to farm protocols for newborns, observe and treat sick calves • Assist staff where necessary to ensure that suckling by hand feeders & tubing of calves is done correctly. • Prepare and deliver milk and concentrates to calves. • Manage calf groups through to weaning & monitor growth rates against targets • Administer vaccines.