Divide & conquer: Effective preconditioning is all about separating and reducing the most stressful parts of a calf's life

摘要

It's not easy being a calf. Just about the time you're fairly sure where your next meal's coming from, somebody you've never seen before wants to stick a needle in you, slap a hot iron on your hip, clip off the nubs on your head and cut off certain unmentionables if you're blessed with the Y chromosome. Worse, you have to say so long to Mama - no hints and no goodbyes. Much of that on the same day. You'd get sick, too.