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Understanding barriers to veterinary involvement in dairy calf health management [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe objectives of this cross-sectional study were to identify barriers to veterinary involvement in calf health and assess knowledge gaps in calf care among American and Canadian bovine veterinarians.
Kristen Y. Edwards +6 more
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Air Quality, Management Practices and Calf Health in Italian Dairy Cattle Farms [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Among factors that can affect calf health, microbial quality of the pen air is poorly studied. In 25 Italian dairy farms, data concerning air quality in the calf pens, hygiene of pens and equipment, microclimatic conditions, calf health and management ...
Serena Bonizzi +5 more
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Calf health from birth to weaning - an update. [PDF]
Ir Vet J, 2021 AbstractResearch on calf health and welfare has intensified in the past decades. This is an update on a review series on calf health from birth to weaning published ten years ago.Good colostrum management is still recognised as the single most important factor to preventing calf morbidity and mortality, however, it is now known that immunoglobulins are
Lorenz I.
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Impacts of dairy cow nutrition precalving on calf health. [PDF]
JDS Commun, 2023 This mini-review focuses on the effects of gestational dairy cow nutrition on calf health as mediated through colostrogenesis and calf immunity, morbidity, and mortality. The nutritional adequacy of the forage and supplementary diet and the metabolic status and body condition score of the dam can affect calf health.
Mee JF.
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Calf Management: Individual or Paired Housing Affects Dairy Calf Health and Welfare. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Previous research has indicated that preweaned dairy calves reared in pairs compared with individually have improved performance and indicators of animal welfare. One hundred and thirty Holstein female calves completed the trial, with eighty-five being allocated to paired housing and forty-five calves being allocated to individual housing.
McFarland DS +3 more
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Invited review: A systematic review of the effects of early separation on dairy cow and calf health. [PDF]
J Dairy Sci, 2019 There is a growing concern from the public regarding early cow-calf separation, yet proponents of this practice maintain that artificial rearing is critical for cow and calf health.
Beaver A +3 more
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Genetic analysis of calf health in Charolais beef cattle. [PDF]
J Anim Sci, 2018 The objective of this study was to investigate the factors that influence calf health and survival in Charolais cattle. Data from 2,740 calves, originating from 16 French farms and observed from birth until 30 d of age, were analyzed using models that took account of direct genetic, maternal genetic, and common environmental effects.
Vinet A, Leclerc H, Marquis F, Phocas F.
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Effects of an optimized dairy calf-rearing protocol on performance and health in the subsequent fattening period on Swiss veal farms [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal ScienceWe conducted a prospective field study to characterize the effects of an optimized rearing protocol of calves on dairy-farms on the subsequent performance, health and antimicrobial use (AMU) at the veal-farm. On 19 dairy-farms a total of 55 matched pairs
Julia Rell +5 more
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A Framework for Comprehensive Dairy Calf Health Investigations. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)The objective of this narrative review is to provide a systematic framework for veterinarians to investigate dairy calf health, focusing on critical control points and key performance indicators (KPIs) to address morbidity and mortality challenges in preweaned calves.
Edwards KY, Renaud DL.
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Calf Health and Immunity. [PDF]
, 1999 End of Project Reports Suckled calves had significantly higher serum IgG 1 concentrations than mart purchased dairy calves. The marked differences in immunoglobulin levels between suckled calves and dairy calves suggest that these calves received either insufficient quality or quantity of colostral immunoglobulins.
Earley, Bernadette, Fallon, Richard J.
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