Calves

Researchers investigated the effect of different liquid feeds on the growth, immunity and gut health of dairy calves.

07-06-2022 | Article

Benefits of waste milk in dairy calves

Calving at 24 months of age does not negatively affect future performance; rather, it improves overall lifetime milk production performance by up to 13%.

06-06-2022 | Article

Heifer calving at the correct age

Researchers assessed the cleanliness of various equipment used for colostrum harvest and calf feeding procedures on dairy farms using a quick portable ATP luminometry device. Photo: Mark Pasveer

13-05-2022 | Article

Tool to quickly measure cleanliness of colostrum equipment

Dairy Global 2: The carbon neutrality race is on!

12-05-2022 | News

Dairy Global 2: The carbon neutrality race is on!

Although the legal requirements is to provide colostrum within 6 hours, the ability to absorb antibodies will be declining after just 120 minutes. Photo: Anne van der Woude

19-04-2022 | Article

Calf health: Get colostrum management right

Remember to walk through the calves regularly allowing the calves to get used to human contact. This should encourage calves to be quieter, more easily managed and milked when mature. Photo: Chris McCullough

24-03-2022 | Article

Rearing the 2022 dairy heifer requires attention to detail

Past research has shown that perinatal calf mortality worldwide is between 2.4% and 9.7% with one UK paper estimating mortality to be 7.9% . Photo: Canva

11-01-2022 | Article

Driving down dairy calf mortality rates in the UK

Dr David Bell, research associate at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) looked at the impact of early life thermal environment on calf performance.

30-11-2021 | Article

Optimising dairy calf and heifer performance

Pneumonia is the most common cause of death and poor performance in dairy cattle under one year of age with 14.5% of dairy heifers failing to reach their first lactation due to the disease. Photo: Chris McCullough

20-10-2021 | Article

Mild weather can cause calf pneumonia or respiratory issues

Cows & climate

Peter Lauwers, CEO of GEA Farm Technologies. Photo: Mark Pasveer

19-01-2023 | News

GEA: Dairy cow manure solution takes off

EuroTier: A spotlight on dairy innovations

24-11-2022 | News

EuroTier: A spotlight on dairy innovations

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