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Colostrum Management for Dairy Calves. [PDF]
Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract, 2019 Colostrum management is the single most important management factor in determining calf health and survival. Additional benefits of good colostrum management include improved rate of gain and future productivity. Successful colostrum management requires producers to provide calves with a sufficient volume of clean, high-quality colostrum within the ...
Godden SM, Lombard JE, Woolums AR.
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Journal of Dairy Science: Colostrum is a rich source of nutritional and non-nutritional components and is recognized as essential to transfer passive immunity to newborn calves.
T.A. Westhoff, S. Borchardt, S. Mann
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Colostrum management for dairy calves. [PDF]
Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract, 2008 Colostrum management is the single most important management factor in determining calf health and survival. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of North American dairy calves suffer from failure of passive transfer of antibodies from colostrum, contributing to excessively high preweaning mortality rates and other short- and long-term losses ...
Godden S.
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Sustainable colostrum management and colostrum quality [PDF]
Journal of Central European AgricultureThis paper examines the sustainability of different calf production systems concerning colostrum nutrition and management, based on a review of available literature. The research aims to elevate calf production to a higher standard of hygiene, nutrition,
Snežana Paskaš
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Colostrum Composition, Characteristics and Management for Buffalo Calves: A Review
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 In this review, the composition, characteristics, and management of dairy buffalo calves were examined and compared with bovines. The neonatal period is critical for buffalo calves and is characterized by a high mortality rate (more than 40%).
Daria Lotito +8 more
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 : The objective of this observational study was to evaluate the association of management-related factors in dry cows and colostrum quantity and quality in Holstein cows on a large commercial dairy farm.
S. Borchardt +3 more
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Effect of Three Colostrum Diets on Passive Transfer of Immunity and Preweaning Health in Calves on a California Dairy following Colostrum Management Training [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine International, 2014 Following colostrum management training, a randomized field trial was conducted on a California dairy to determine the effect of supplementing pooled colostrum with either colostrum-derived replacer (CDR) or second-milking colostrum (transition milk) on ...
Deniece R. Williams +5 more
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Disease screening profiles and colostrum management practices on 16 Irish suckler beef farms. [PDF]
Ir Vet J, 2015 Calf output is a key element in determining the profitability of a suckler beef enterprise. Infectious agents such as Bovine Virus Diarrhoea (BVD) virus, colostrum management and parasitic challenge can all affect calf output. Prior to the national BVD eradication programme, there was little published information on either the prevalence or effect of ...
O'Shaughnessy J +6 more
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A Survey of Bovine Colostrum Composition and Colostrum Management Practices on Pennsylvania Dairy Farms [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2007 Colostrum composition and management were surveyed via sample and data collection from 55 dairy farms in Pennsylvania. Colostrum samples were analyzed for fat, protein, lactose, total solids, ash, Ig, lactoferrin, water- and fat-soluble vitamins, and minerals.
S I, Kehoe, B M, Jayarao, A J, Heinrichs
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Bovine colostrum management and the favtors infliencing its quality
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The mammary gland's secretion, called colostrum, is synthesized throughout the last weeks of pregnancy and the first few days following calving. It is meant to give the calf the necessary nutrients and physiologically active substances. High immunoglobulin concentration and low pathogen load define high-quality colostrum.
Adina-Mirela Ariton +4 more
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