Glacier FarmMedia - Today’s dairy calves are fed about eight litres of milk per day, and some farms are feeding up to 12.
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One who has the units in place noted, “Once you fine-tuned the technology, the calves were as healthy as any we have ever raised.” How can that be? Well, the message from these producers in the ...

Beef and dairy farmers are being encouraged to develop calf hygiene protocols as part of efforts to prevent scours in their ...

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feet per head, plus feed bunk space — enough proper ... Nernberg recommended cleaning troughs regularly to help calves fully transition to water without milk. Cold temperatures also mean more ...

Feeding higher-protein milk replacer benefited calves all the way through freshening, according to a study conducted at the University of Missouri (UM). Calves fed the accelerated program weaned ...

Feeding calves transition milk such as Transformula for the first ten days of life can have a positive effect on their long term development in terms of milking performance as an adult cow.

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Cattle feeders should approach this opportunity by giving up-front attention to sourcing ... Every cycle counts when it comes to both semen expense and lost milk production. After two to three ...

In the same study, supplementing Celmanax in calves was associated with reduced Shiga toxin E.coli. Neil Michael, PhD, a technical services specialist with Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition, says feeding ...