Tips for protecting cattle health from first housing

摘要

Huge effort is focused on getting calves off to the right start, with protocols for just about everything in the first few weeks and months of life. But all of that becomes redundant if the attention to animal health fades as the calf gets older. Evan David of NorCal Veterinary Services in Oxfordshire shares some of the main pit-falls he and his team encounter from first housing through to finishing, and how best to avoid them.