“It makes a lot of sense, from a clinical standpoint. If a calf doesn’t have a strong suckle reflex, it’s going to have trouble physically grasping a teat and consuming colostrum. However, a weak ...

This can lead to decreased calf growth even if the cow is producing an adequate milk supply. Many udder suspension and teat size scoring systems for the beef industry use scores of 1 (not desirable) ...

This took time, expense, and many owners said it seemed like it bothered the calf as much as the dehorning itself ... I always liked it if as part of calfhood vaccination and extra teat removal, I was ...

1, and officials said mother and calf are doing well ... Two days after the birth, however, it managed to locate the teats. The first Asian elephants at the zoo were also presented by Thailand ...

A new study http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912416300013 by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) finds that animals, particularly cattle ...