Colostrum management is the single most important management factor in determining calf
health and survival. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of North American dairy calves …

Calfhood diseases have a major impact on the economic viability of cattle operations. This is
the first in a three part review series on calf health from birth to weaning, focusing on …

Neonatal calf diarrhoea remains the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in
preweaned dairy calves worldwide. This complex disease can be triggered by both …

Poor health and growth in young dairy calves can have lasting effects on their development
and future production. This study benchmarked calf-rearing outcomes in a cohort of …

In this review authors address colostrum proteins implications in different domestic ruminant
species. The colostrogenesis process and how different factors, such as litter size or nutrition …

The objective of this cross-sectional herd-level study was to assess the association of calf
management practices on source dairy farms with mortality risk on veal farms. From April to …

The objective of this study was to describe the effects of feeding 1 or 2 doses of a
commercially available colostrum-derived colostrum replacer (CR) on passive transfer of …

Commercially available colostrum replacers (CR) are commonly used when maternal
colostrum (MC) is unavailable, for managerial convenience, to ensure quality consistency at …

Background Failure of transfer of passive immunity (FTPI) is the underlying predisposing risk
factor for most early losses in dairy calves. Refractometers, either optical or digital, can be …

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of colostrum quality and composition on
passive calf immunity in primiparous and multiparous dairy cows. Twenty-four primiparous …