Effect of Farm Management Practices on Morbidity and Antibiotic Usage on Calf Rearing Farms [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance has been recognized as one of the top health threats to human society. Abundant use of antibiotics in both humans and animals has led to ever-increasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Outi Hälli +2 more
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Pre-Weaned Calf Rearing on Northern Irish Dairy Farms: Part 3—The Impact of Environmental Factors on Calf Performance [PDF]
AnimalsNutrition, healthcare and management of the rearing environment all interact and have an impact on the performance and feed efficiency of pre-weaned dairy calves.
Aaron J. Brown +4 more
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Views of Western Canadian dairy producers on calf rearing: An interview-based study
Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 : Calf rearing practices differ among farms, including feeding and weaning methods. These differences may relate to how dairy producers view these practices and evaluate their own success.
Daniel Weary +2 more
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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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Pre-Weaned Calf Rearing on Northern Irish Dairy Farms—Part 2: The Impact of Hygiene Practice on Bacterial Levels in Dairy Calf Rearing Environments [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Pre-weaned dairy calves are very susceptible to disease in the first months of life due to having a naïve immune system and because of the numerous physiological stressors they face.
Aaron J. Brown +6 more
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Field trial to evaluate the effect of an intranasal respiratory vaccine protocol on bovine respiratory disease incidence and growth in a commercial calf rearing unit [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) continues to be great challenge in calf rearing units. The urgent need to decrease the use of antibiotics and increase animal welfare in beef production has forced us to introduce new preventive methods ...
Atte Sandelin +6 more
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Effect of vaccination against bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in a calf rearing unit in Finland [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria ScandinavicaBovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is the main health concern in calf-rearing units. It is a major cause of increased antibiotic use and the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in calves.
Katja Mustonen +2 more
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Effect of dairy calf rearing systems on affective states [PDF]
Discover AnimalsDairy calves are typically reared in environments that differ greatly from naturalistic conditions: separated from their dam after birth, housed without peer contact, and unable to graze or have outdoor access.
Malina Suchon +2 more
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Dam–calf contact rearing in Switzerland: Aspects of management and milking
Journal of Dairy Science: Cow–calf contact (CCC) rearing is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to the common practice of early separation of cow and calf in dairy management.
J. Rell +4 more
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Current research progresses on calf rearing and nutrition in China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017 Calves are the reserve forces for dairy cattle. Scientific rearing strategy of calves is the basis of efficient cattle breeding. However, many problems exist in current rearing systems of calves and restrict the sustainable development of dairy cattle in
Yan Tu, Qi-Yu Diao
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