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Helping heifers become healthy mothers

While calving will always be challenging for heifers, there are key steps producers can take to mitigate this. These include feeding quality colostrum right away, vaccinating them effectively and managing animals holistically.

October 24, 2022

Stephen Foulke

Calving is a stressful time for all cattle but especially for heifers. The entire experience is new to them and, on top of that, most heifers haven’t reached mature weight by the time they calve.

5 things to stop doing if you want to get serious about your calf program

While a “good enough” mindset might work in some areas, it does not work in the calf program, where clear protocols are key to achieving excellence.

October 3, 2022

Bobbi Kunde Brockmann

While a “good enough” mindset might work in some areas, it does not work in the calf program, where clear protocols are key to achieving excellence.

3 basics for treating calfhood respiratory disease

April 1, 2022

Serious disease, lifelong impact — bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the leading health concerns impacting heifer calves on dairies, even on the best-managed operations. Be armed with these three facts about BRD, and know the signs to watch for should BRD find its way into your herd.

Why there is no such thing as colostrum quality

December 22, 2021

Vimal Selvaraj, Kasey Schalich, and Robert Lynch

In the early 1800s, Adolf Brix introduced specific gravity measurements as a method to estimate the sugar concentration in liquids. Even today sugar concentration by percentage mass is measured using the Brix refractometer in the beverage industry, including for ripening wine grapes and other juices and beer.

Improve your grades: Transfer of passive immunity is no longer pass or fail

September 13, 2021

Drew A. Vermeire

The value of adequate colostrum intake to the health and well-being of calves cannot be overstated.

Colostrum and vaccinations the focus of DCHA webinar

September 13, 2021

Matti McBride

Dr. Lowell T. Midla of Merck Animal Health recently discussed the importance of colostrum and vaccinations in the first three months of a calf’s life in a webinar hosted by the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association.

The benefits of supplementing your calf with colostrum – supplement or replacer?

May 21, 2021

Elizabeth Racine

When it comes to ensuring the future success of a dairy operation, raising good replacement animals is essential. One of the most crucial steps in this process is colostrum management.

Key considerations for clean colostrum and a healthy calf

November 6, 2020

Anne Proctor

Successful colostrum management requires careful attention to cleanliness. Colostrum, while it is still in a healthy cow, should have a bacteria count of essentially zero. However, by the time it gets into the calf, bacteria counts are often very high.

Survey on colostrum management practices in New York State

July 15, 2020

Trent Westhoff, Thomas R. Overton, and Sabine Mann

Producers want the best for each calf born on their farm, and feeding high-quality colostrum soon after birth in adequate amounts is key to raising healthy calves.

Fat in colostrum: The cream of the crop

May 6, 2020

Koryn Hare and Amanda J. Fischer-Tlustos

What’s your dairy cow’s milkfat content? It’s an easy question, right? You likely have milkfat records from generations on your farm and could readily explain how your milk components have changed over the years or pinpoint what management and feeding practices caused reductions or increases in milkfat.

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Helping heifers become healthy mothers

5 things to stop doing if you want to get serious about your calf program

3 basics for treating calfhood respiratory disease

Why there is no such thing as colostrum quality

Improve your grades: Transfer of passive immunity is no longer pass or fail

Colostrum and vaccinations the focus of DCHA webinar

The benefits of supplementing your calf with colostrum – supplement or replacer?

Key considerations for clean colostrum and a healthy calf

Survey on colostrum management practices in New York State

Fat in colostrum: The cream of the crop

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