Evaluating Potential Biomarkers of Health and Performance in Veal Calves [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Veal calves undergo many challenges in the early stages of their life. Such challenges, including mixing procedures and transportation of calves to the veal farm, may have a negative influence on growth rate, feed intake, metabolism, immunity and disease
Francesca Marcato +4 more
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Using routinely collected data to evaluate risk factors for mortality of veal calves [PDF]
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2018 From 2009 to 2012 a gradual increase in on-farm mortality of Dutch veal calves was observed. In 2012, the cattle industry decided that more information was needed on risk factors for mortality in both veal herds and herds of origin to enable ...
Gerdien van Schaik +2 more
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Veal Calves Produce Less Antibodies against C. Perfringens Alpha Toxin Compared to Beef Calves [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 Enterotoxaemia is a disease with a high associated mortality rate, affecting beef and veal calves worldwide, caused by C. perfringens alpha toxin and perfringolysin.
Bonnie R. Valgaeren +13 more
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Calf and dam characteristics and calf transport age affect immunoglobulin titers and hematological parameters of veal calves [PDF]
Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 : This study aimed to investigate effects of transport age of calves (14 vs. 28 d), and of calf and dam characteristics, on immunoglobulin titers and hematological variables of veal calves.
F. Marcato +12 more
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Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 : The objective of this study was to investigate effects of calf transport age (14 vs. 28 d) and calf (e.g., sex and breed) and dam characteristics (e.g., parity and ease of birth) on health and performance of veal calves until slaughter age. Calves (n =
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Temporal dynamics of the fecal microbiota in veal calves in a 6-month field trial [PDF]
Animal Microbiome, 2020 Background Little is known about maturation of calves’ gut microbiome in veal farms, in which animals are confined under intensive-farming conditions and the administration of collective antibiotic treatment in feed is common.
Méril Massot +5 more
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Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Clinical Scoring and Lung Ultrasonography to Assess Pulmonary Lesions in Veal Calves [PDF]
Animals, 2023 This study on veal calf respiratory disease assessed the association between an on-farm clinical scoring system and lung ultrasonography with the postmortem inspection of the lungs.
Julia Hoffelner +2 more
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Welfare Assessment in Calves Fattened According to the “Outdoor Veal Calf” Concept and in Conventional Veal Fattening Operations in Switzerland [PDF]
Animals, 2020 The “outdoor veal calf” system was developed to encounter the demand for a veal fattening system that allows for reducing antimicrobial use without impairing animal welfare.
Lara Moser +8 more
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A randomised clinical trial of a metaphylactic treatment with tildipirosin for bovine respiratory disease in veal calves [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2017 Background Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major problem in veal calf rearing units. The objective of this randomised clinical trial was to assess the effectiveness of tildipirosin as a metaphylactic treatment in veal calves on the number of BRD ...
J. Berman +3 more
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The use of metabolic profiling to identify insulin resistance in veal calves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Heavy veal calves (4-6 months old) are at risk of developing insulin resistance and disturbed glucose homeostasis. Prolonged insulin resistance could lead to metabolic disorders and impaired growth performance. Recently, we discovered that heavy Holstein-
Andre J Pantophlet +5 more
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