Management practices impact overall herd health in any livestock operation. Cleaning procedures and written protocols are imperative to raising healthy calves and will lead to increased average daily gain and decreased disease incidence.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, March 28, 2017.
Although equipment may look clean, in reality it may be caked with invisible bacteria. Biofilms can accumulate on any surface where moisture is present, which is the case for most equipment used in calf raising. Once a biofilm has formed, it creates a protective outer layer making cleaning efforts more difficult