calves

Research carried out in Ireland evaluated the effects of a slow-release milk replacer on health and behaviour of neonatal dairy calves to look at the potential benefits to welfare during transport. Photo: Canva

26-09 | News

Effects of slow-release milk replacer feeding on calf health

preventing faecal contamination of water and feed troughs is crucial in controlling coccidiosis in calves. Photo: Canva

21-09 | News

Controlling calf coccidiosis through coccidiostats

Peter Suter started the company in 1992 with his wife Helen with 13 hectares, 80,000 kilos of milk quota and 15 sows. “We were able to grow through cooperation, good results and successful investments.”

20-09 | Article

Swiss dairy: Youngstock in the meadows and a focus on team work

Photo: Nukamel

22-08 | Article

Dairy lipids to narrow the gap between colostrum and calf milk replacer

The cows feeding in Utah at the feeding gate. Photo: Aage Krogsdam

23-05 | Article

Utah, USA: A 5,500 milking herd in the high valley

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

“With the tags, I don’t have to watch the cows all the time, and being alerted to a calving or mastitis means I can take action sooner and head off a potential problem,” says dairy farmer Vaughan Davies. Photo: Jan Willem Vliet

11-04 | News

Technology to improve cow welfare during calving

The new Code also addresses calf housing and states calves must not be tethered in indoor housing and if outdoors, can only be tethered via a collar in a calf hutch with access to an area outside the hutch. Photo: Chris McCullough

07-04 | News

New regulations for Canadian dairy farmers

Recent data has shown that mycoplasma continues to be spread far and wide across the UK, and that its presence, in combination with other bacteria or viruses, is linked to respiratory problems, such as Bovine Respiratory Disease. Photo: Canva

04-04 | News

Mycoplasma continues to spread: know your herd’s status

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