Calves

Launched 2 years ago, the Strategy has led to an increasing number of beef cross calves being registered from the dairy herd. Photo: Joris Telders
29-06 | News

Successful supply of dairy-bred cows in the spotlight

Researchers investigated the effect of different liquid feeds on the growth, immunity and gut health of dairy calves.
07-06

Benefits of waste milk in dairy calves

Calving at 24 months of age does not negatively affect future performance; rather, it improves overall lifetime milk production performance by up to 13%.
06-06 | Article

Heifer calving at the correct age

Researchers assessed the cleanliness of various equipment used for colostrum harvest and calf feeding procedures on dairy farms using a quick portable ATP luminometry device. Photo: Mark Pasveer
13-05 | Article

Tool to quickly measure cleanliness of colostrum equipment

Dairy Global 2: The carbon neutrality race is on!
12-05 | News

Dairy Global 2: The carbon neutrality race is on!

Although the legal requirements is to provide colostrum within 6 hours, the ability to absorb antibodies will be declining after just 120 minutes. Photo: Anne van der Woude
19-04 | Article

Calf health: Get colostrum management right

Remember to walk through the calves regularly allowing the calves to get used to human contact. This should encourage calves to be quieter, more easily managed and milked when mature. Photo: Chris McCullough
24-03 | Article

Rearing the 2022 dairy heifer requires attention to detail

Past research has shown that perinatal calf mortality worldwide is between 2.4% and 9.7% with one UK paper estimating mortality to be 7.9% . Photo: Canva
11-01 | Article

Driving down dairy calf mortality rates in the UK

Dr David Bell, research associate at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) looked at the impact of early life thermal environment on calf performance.
30-11-2021 | Article

Optimising dairy calf and heifer performance

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