Calf diarrhea affects future productivity

Introduction The manner in which we raise calves during the first few months has a long-lasting influence on their health and productivity.  Several studies have shown that incidence of disease early ...

Introduction I recently completed a “tour” of calf raising operations in several parts of the U.S. – West, Central and South.  I was surprised at the variation in how people feed calves and how waste ...

Introduction I had a nice conversation by e-mail with a colleague in another country.  He works with a dairy farm that was having serious problems with calf scours.  They were feeding milk replacer to ...

Introduction. Abrupt death of apparently healthy young calves is troubling and costly.  In many cases, there are no signs of anything wrong with the calf.  In the afternoon, the calf is fine; in the m ...