Are your calves getting enough colostrum? Colostrum management for newborn calves remains a problem on many farms. The modern dairy cow doesn’t share the same level of maternal instinct as her predecessor. She may produce a greater volume of colostrum but it is more...
Lamb diseases and mortality Quite often with ewes, a difficult parturition and weather conditions can have an indirect effect on the behaviour of the ewe which can result in lamb mortality (Nowak, 2006). Possible ways to advance survival of the newborn lamb is to...
Value of a calf sick bay What is the first thing we do when we see a sick calf, well normally the calf is treated. But in most cases the calf is left among his currently healthy companions. We know the calf is sick because if it has pneumonia we can see that it is...
Shine calves on Weavian farms 22 OCTOBER, 2015 Cath Ratcliffe moved to West Webbery Farm, Bideford, North Devon in 2013 to enable them to expand their 180 cow herd and to keep their own youngstock as it had previously been a flying herd. Two years on they are now...
Effect of plant protein % on calf performance compared to all milk protein Effect of plant protein % on dry feed intake Be 100% sure your calves get 100% milk protein Good quality skim milk powder and buttermilk contain over 30% protein and if processed and dried with...
Recent Comments