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How accurate is that initial data? It depends on whether the animal was actually weighed as opposed to the frequently used 'eyeball estimation.' The adage, "You can't manage it if you don't measure it," certainly applies to heifer growth. Growth Monitoring Monitoring heifer growth, through weight and height, is an important practice for managing the heifer enterprise and the dairy herd overall. It is comparable to collecting milk production data in the milking herd. The most us...
How many dairy producers know how much their heifers weigh at birth, weaning, breeding, and calving? In too many herds the first time that a weight is recorded is when a heifer calves.
How accurate is that initial data? It depends on whether the animal was actually weighed as opposed to the frequently used 'eyeball estimation.' The adage, "You can't manage it if you don't measure it," certainly applies to heifer growth. Growth Monitoring Monitoring heifer growth, through weight and height, is an important practice for managing the heifer enterprise and the dairy herd overall. It is comparable to collecting milk production data in the milking herd. The most us...
Calf Health - Herd Health
Extreme heat can negatively influence a cow's ability to produce high quality colostrum. Heat stress can also negatively affect a calf's ability to absorb IgG from colostrum. Favorable environmental conditions are vital to promoting calf health, minimizing disease risk and mortality, subsequently encouraging growth rates. Two main reasons heat stress negatively influences successful passive transfer of immunity are discussed below.
Calf Health - Herd Health
Calf raisers are responsible for the dairy herd's future - the next generation of healthy, high producing milking cows. The Wisconsin Herd Health Working Group has set out the 5 C's to a healthy start for newborn calves as: Colostrum, Calories, Cleanliness, Comfort and Consistency.
Udder health - Herd Health
Mycoplasma is a tiny bacterium that can cause mastitis, metritis, pneumonia, drooped ears, and lameness in dairy cattle. There has been a steady rise in the frequency and severity of disease associated with Mycoplasma in the last ten years.
Udder health - Herd Health
Important factors for determining overall performance of a successful reproductive program...
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