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Can Maternal Colostrum Be Replaced by Commercial Products for Feeding Newborn Calves?
EDIS, 2014 Colostrum management and feeding are critical for calf health, calves’ future productive life, and farm profitability. Current recommendations state that a calf needs to ingest at least 150–200 g of immunoglobulin G within two hours of birth, but when ...
Klibs N. Galvao
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Animal, 2016 Healthy calves are fundamental to any profitable dairy enterprise. Research to-date, has focused on year-round calving systems which experience many different challenges compared to spring-calving systems.
C. Cummins +4 more
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Early post parturient changes in milk acute phase proteins [PDF]
, 2016 The periparturient period is one of the most critical periods in the productive life of a dairy cow, and is the period when dairy cows are most susceptible to developing new intramammary infections (IMI) leading to mastitis.
Eckersall, Peter +4 more
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, 2022 The first weeks of life are a critical period in the development of the newborn ruminant. Newborn ruminants are quite vulnerable since both on a farm as well as in nature they are exposed to various pathogens. Because they have a placental type that does not allow the transfer of large molecules from mother to fetus during pregnancy, ruminants are born
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How benchmarking motivates colostrum management practices on dairy farms: A realistic evaluation
Journal of Dairy Science, 2023 This study used realistic evaluation to determine how, and in which circumstances, providing dairy farmers with benchmarked data on their calves can motivate improved colostrum management practices. Dairy farmers from British Columbia, Canada, were recruited through 2 veterinary clinics that offered benchmarking of calf data as part of their services ...
Devon J. Wilson +5 more
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Symposium review: Colostrum management and calf nutrition for profitable and sustainable dairy farms [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2020 Multistate dairy management research project NC-2042, which is part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, has devoted an ongoing objective to calf and heifer nutrition and management. Within this objective, colostrum research has been a priority due to continued opportunities to improve this area on US dairy farms.
A.J. Heinrichs +4 more
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2019 Background For suckling dairy calves, different management routines to ensure sufficient colostrum intake are applied: visual assessment, hand feeding supplemental colostrum or assistance.
Julie Føske Johnsen +7 more
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Antibiotics, 2023 After calving, bovine colostrum is obtained from the mammary gland of the dam in the first days and fed to newborn ruminant to prevent microbial infections. Each bovine colostrum has a unique biochemical composition with high nutraceutical value compared
Carla Miranda +2 more
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Pilot study into milk haptoglobin as an indicator of udder health in heifers after calving [PDF]
, 2018 Mastitis, inflammation of the mammary gland, is often caused by intramammary infection with bacterial organisms. It impacts on dairy cattle welfare, production, udder health and longevity in the herd.
Campbell, M. +6 more
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Sow and piglet factors determining variation of colostrum intake between and within litters
Animal, 2017 Colostrum intake has a short- and long-term beneficial impact on piglet performance and mortality. Sows’ colostrum production and piglets’ colostrum intake are limited and highly variable.
I. Declerck +3 more
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