Calves

SOP for milking routine. How we treat cows at milking, how we identify cows that are slow milkers or long to let down milk, how we clean teats and teat ends, how long stimulation time is, how we treat teats after milking etc. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson
11-05 | Expert opinion

Management: if it’s boring for us, it’s better for the cows

In terms of resting time, calves spent more time lying down in the hour following feeding when they received human contact, irrespective of the housing system. Photo: Misset
20-04 | Article

Human contact enrichment improves dairy calf welfare

Source full-fat colostrum designed to deliver energy, growth factors, hormones, vitamins and minerals to calves quickly and conveniently. Photo: Nettex
19-04 | News

Adequate colostrum helps ensure dairy calf health

Consistent with the idea that milk fed calves experience hunger when the milk supply decline, the study found that cognitive performance dropped when milk allowance was reduced by half. Photo: Canva
28-03 | News

How milk reduction at weaning affects dairy calves

Feed programs must be designed to fit the nutritional needs of calves and delivered in a way that allows them to express natural behaviours. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
08-02 | Article

The surplus calf puzzle

Probiotic supplementation provides beneficial effects that promote growth performance while reducing digestive disorders. Photo: Joris Telders
10-01 | Article

Probiotics and its impact on calf gut health

Margret Wenker, a postdoctoral researcher found out that health is not a reason to prevent cow-calf contact. She stated: “Animal welfare is not just a matter of health but also of being able to exhibit your natural behaviour." Photo: Michel Zoeter
23-11-2022 | Article

New Zealand: Views on prolonged dairy cow-calf contact

It is speculated that calves that are at ease with humans may yield to heifers with low temperaments or stress and are easy to handle. Photo: Canva
14-10-2022 | News

How can heifer management be improved?

Diagnosing bovine respiratory disease in calves is imperative to avoid a negative effect on calf productivity. Photo: Melissa Schalke
06-10-2022 | News

Precision technology: determining respiratory disease

Supplementation with probiotics is recommended to improve rumen development and the health status of Holstein calves. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman
06-09-2022 | News

Improving the health of newborn calves with probiotics

Cows & climate

Beheer
WP Admin