calves

“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
11-04-2023 | 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
07-04-2023 | 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
04-04-2023 | 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
28-03-2023 | 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
08-02-2023 | Article

The surplus calf puzzle

Probiotic supplementation provides beneficial effects that promote growth performance while reducing digestive disorders. Photo: Joris Telders
10-01-2023 | Article

Probiotics and its impact on calf gut health

A healthy gut enables an animal to make the most of every dietary nutrient fed. Photo: Canva
02-01-2023 | Article

Understanding and preserving gut health

EuroTier: A spotlight on dairy innovations
24-11-2022 | News

EuroTier: A spotlight on dairy innovations

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?