Calf rearing: the first 60 days

摘要

Charles Chavasse BMVS CertDHH MRCVS, area veterinary manager, Zoetis, discusses the importance of the first 60 days in a calf's life and how private veterinary practitioners can help.Even before milk quotas were abolished and herds started to expand, there were increasing problems with calf rearing on many dairy farms. A number of factors contributed to this but two in particular were: the quantity and quality of labour rearing the calves; and tighter calving periods.