Why Colostrum Should Be Backed By Farmers
7th Generation Dairy Farmers Growing up on a dairy farm, our earliest memories are of feeding calves before sunrise and watching them thrive on the very first food nature provides: colostrum. For farmers, colostrum isn’t a trend, it’s a lifeline. It sustains newborn calves, protects the health of our herds, and represents a responsibility we […]
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Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment
Calf Diarrhea (Scours) in Dairy Calves – Prevention and Treatment Many pathogens can cause scours in young calves. Intestinal infection and diarrhea can be due to certain kinds of bacteria, viruses or protozoa. Whether calves get sick is often related to multiple factors including exposure (contact with pathogens), level of immunity, and stress (such as […]
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Colostrum Management in Dairies
Colostrum Management in Dairies Newborn calves need colostrum to help protect them from diseases they will face in the first weeks of life. Unlike human babies that obtain some of their mother’s antibodies via her bloodstream and the placenta, ruminants like cattle, sheep and goats are born with a naïve immune system. Because of […]
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