How calves are fed and managed can affect their lifelong health and productivity. The Dairy Herd editors cover four early life areas to help calves now and throughout their lives:
- Tips to improve colostrum
- What to provide for calves so they can perform
- Keep scours down when feeding volumes go up
- Feeding transition milk; another tool in the toolbox
Source: Dairy Herd Management, October 2020. Link.
Also see: Push the envelope on colostrum feeding to prevent disease, Dairy Herd Management, October 2020. Link.
INSIGHTS: There was no World Dairy Expo this year. However, veterinary teams and sales representatives can find enough in these two articles to have solid and actionable discussions with individual producers on farm calls or group Zoom meetings.