Preconditioning calves helps ease the stressful transition from being with mama cows to being with peers in the feedlot. North Dakota State University’s Kris Ringwall offers some pointers.
Source: Drovers Cattle Network, August 7, 2017.
No perfect preconditioning program, no perfect time to vaccinate, no perfect time to market exists, but producers, with the help of good professional health and management advice, the odds can be stacked in a favorable outcome for the calf.