Disease management of dairy calves and heifers

SM McGuirk - Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal …, 2008 - Elsevier
This article focuses on the most important diseases of dairy calves and heifers and presents
clinical approaches that can improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment of herd-based …

Heat stress impacts immune status in cows across the life cycle

GE Dahl, S Tao, J Laporta - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress has a myriad of effects on dairy cattle across the life cycle. Whereas, the most
commonly recognized impacts are associated with production responses, emerging …

Factors associated with morbidity, mortality, and growth of dairy heifer calves up to 3 months of age

MC Windeyer, KE Leslie, SM Godden… - Preventive veterinary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Calfhood disease is an important problem on many dairy operations that can have
substantial effects on heifer survival and productivity, and has economic and welfare …

Prevalence of Worldwide Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea Caused by Bovine Rotavirus in Combination with Bovine Coronavirus, Escherichia coli K99 and Cryptosporidium …

M Brunauer, FF Roch, B Conrady - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Three weighted-stratified random-effects meta-analyses were performed to
estimate the worldwide neonatal calf diarrhoea prevalence of mixed infections of the …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of mortality and culling in dairy cattle

CWR Compton, C Heuer, PT Thomsen… - Journal of Dairy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dairy industries and individual farmers are concerned about mortality and culling of dairy
animals. This is because the timing and fates of animals that exit dairy farms have important …

[HTML][HTML] Calf mortality in Norwegian dairy herds

SM Gulliksen, KI Lie, T Løken, O Østerås - Journal of dairy science, 2009 - Elsevier
The aims of this study were to estimate mortality rates in Norwegian dairy calves and young
stock up to 1 yr of age, identify risk factors for calf mortality, and evaluate the etiology of calf …

Advances in prevention and therapy of neonatal dairy calf diarrhoea: a systematical review with emphasis on colostrum management and fluid therapy

V Meganck, G Hoflack, G Opsomer - Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2014 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Farm characteristics and calf management practices on dairy farms with and without diarrhea: A case-control study to investigate risk factors for calf diarrhea

D Klein-Jöbstl, M Iwersen, M Drillich - Journal of dairy science, 2014 - Elsevier
Calf diarrhea is one of the most important problems in calf rearing on dairy farms worldwide.
Besides pathogens, several noninfectious management factors, especially management …

Risk factors for calf mortality in large Swedish dairy herds

M Torsein, A Lindberg, CH Sandgren, KP Waller… - Preventive veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to identify possible risk factors for 1–90 day calf mortality in large
Swedish dairy herds. Sixty herds with a herd size of≥ 160 cows were visited once between …

Longitudinal study on morbidity and mortality in white veal calves in Belgium

B Pardon, K De Bleecker, M Hostens, J Callens… - BMC Veterinary …, 2012 - Springer
Background Mortality and morbidity are hardly documented in the white veal industry,
despite high levels of antimicrobial drug use and resistance. The objective of the present …