Colostrum management: give your calves sufficient high quality colostrum to become productive cows

Calves are born without antibodies in their blood and are totally dependent on antibodies in the colostrum they drink after birth. Good colostrum management is extremely important to rear healthy calves, but also productive cows. However, colostrum management is not optimal at many farms, which has of course a financial impact.

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Contribution detail info

Location
  • Europe
Authors
  • EN & NL Sandra Debevere
  • DE - Caroline Braquet
  • IT - Serena Soffiantini
  • SL - Marija Klopcic
Purpose
  • Education/Training
  • Communication
  • Dissemination
File type
Document
File size
402 kB
Created on
30-06-2024
Origin language
English
Official project website
R4D
License
CC BY-NC-ND

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