A cow’s nutritional status during the last trimester of gestation impacts critical factors, such as immune response to scour vaccines, quantity and quality of colostrum, level of antibodies in colostrum and her and the calf’s health and survival after birth, writes Kevin Cain, DVM. Ensuring cows receive key trace minerals prior to calving is necessary to support colostrum production, cow-to-calf trace mineral transfer and cow and calf health.
Source: Progressive Cattle, November 17, 2023. Link.
Neonatal calf diarrhea has the greatest impact on calf health and performance outcomes.”
INSIGHTS: This article is a good reminder as winter weather hits cow-calf country and cows head toward calving season. Consider it for social media, newsletters or a warm-up at the local coffee stop.