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Water Quality for Calves
Water is an essential nutrient. In importance to sustaining life and optimizing growth, it is second only to oxygen. Emphasis is often put on offering clean water early, and in adequate amounts to young calves. Water is important for metabolism, digestion, rumen development, excretion of waste products, and transport of nutrients throughout the body...
3 Offensive Strategies to Play to Win in 2022
In basketball, offense is a method to get open shots and score points against your opponent. Just as an offensive strategy is important to score and win the game in basketball, we need offensive strategies in our calf rearing programs to score and win by successfully raising our calves to their full potential while running a profitable business. Consider formulating offensive strategies for these 3 areas in the coming year...
Bloody Scours - What do they mean?
Discovering blood in calf scours can be alarming. However, when the cause is identified, it is possible to successfully treat the calf and prevent the spread of the disease. Although sometimes newborn calves will have a little blood or mucous in their stool, most of the time bloody scours indicate intestinal damage...
Calf Housing Around the World
There are many different types of calf housing, from plastic to wood and prefabricated to homemade. The key is to select housing that suits your environment, is easy to clean, is comfortable for the calf, and is labor efficient. Here are some housing examples from around the world...
Calf Care Around the World: Mary Chamberlain - Oregon, USA
Our final stop on our tour of Calf Care Around the World is in Vale, Oregon. Mary Chamberlain of Dairylain Dairy shares with us some secrets about caring for Jersey Calves. Mary grew up on a 50 cow Holstein dairy in North Carolina. She studied at North Carolina State for her bachelor’s degree and went on to get a master’s degree in dairy nutrition from UC Davis....