Calves
New Items on this Page
- Colostrum supplements and replacer - revised 9/1/11
- Review: Effects of calf feeding program on first lactation performance
- Colostrum management tools: Hydrometers and refractometers
- Composition and hygiene of colostrum on modern PA dairy farms
- Trouble shooting colostrum management with the colostrum calculator
Calf Feeding and Management
- Review: Effects of calf feeding program on first lactation performance
- Using the pasteurization evaluator spreadsheet and considerations for using a pasteurizer
- Calf Milk Pasteurization Evaluator (Excel spreadsheet) updated 7/1/09 to include total solids estimation equation for Brix refractometers
- Pasteurization of non-saleable milk
- Milk replacer costs and your options
- Early weaning strategies
- Electrolytes for dairy calves
- Feeding the newborn dairy calf
Colostrum Resources
- Colostrum pasteurization - article in German
- Colostrum management tools: Hydrometers and refractometers
- Composition and hygiene of colostrum on modern PA dairy farms
- Reprint of Hoard's Dairyman article "Pasteurizing Colostrum: The Next Step to Controlling Disease"
- Reprint of Hoard's Dairyman article "What's in Colostrum These Days?"
- Colostrum supplements and replacer - revised 9/1/11
- Trouble shooting colostrum management with the colostrum calculator spreadsheet
- Colostrum Calculator Spreadsheet calculates values related to IgG absorption from colostrum
- Spreadsheet to adjust colostrometer readings for colostrum temperature
Rumen Development
- Calf Rumen ImagesWe've assembled original images of the calf rumen--inside and out. If you'd like to see the effects of various feeds on the rumen at different stages of a calf's life, this section is for you. Includes several higher resolution photos.
- DVD From Calf to Heifer: Understanding Rumen Development
- Why you should hold off on feeding forages to calves (Reprint from Hoard's Dairyman)
Links to Dairy Digest Articles about Calves
- Tube feeding did not reduce IgG absorption from colostrum in Penn State study (December 2011)
- The effects of sick calves on milk production (August 2011)
- Highlights of calf research presented at ADSA (August 2011)
- Management, health, and nutrition of the calf can affect age and body weight at calving, first lactation and lifetime milk production (June 2011)
- Tools for measuring IgG useful in managing colostrum (April 2011)
- Study reports long-term effects of calfhood events (February 2011)
- Penn State study finds calf milk pasteurization effective, but variable (December 2010)
- Calf research roundup: Highlights from the 2010 dairy science meeting (August 2010)
- Managing calf health through nutrition (August 2010)
- Pneumonia rises when temperatures fall (February 2010)
- Cold-stressed calves ate more starter, kept growing (February 2010)
- No long term impact of milk replacer feeding rate (December 2009)
- New regulations for medicated feeds (December 2009)
- Managing calf health through nutrition (October 2009)
- Managing total solids in nonsalable milk (August 2009)
- Fatty acids in calf diets (June 2009)
- Highlights of Dairy 2007: Focus on Calves (February 2008)
- Handling of milk after pasteurization (December 2007)
- Cold weather management for calves (December 2007)
- Pasteurization reduces risk of disease transfer to calves (June 2007)
- Feeding calves once a day cuts labor needs (April 2007)
- Age at weaning and the cost of raising the milk-fed dairy calf (December 2006)
- Quality living space for calves and heifers (August 2006)
- Dehydration in dairy calves (February 2005)
- Daily health checks for dairy calves (December 2004)
CalfTrack Calf Management System
CalfTrack is a comprehensive program to train employees that are responsible for calf care. This way to CalfTrack...
