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Welcome to the #CALFMATTERS Resource Shed.
We are delighted to share a range of educational and practical information about all things calf health related.
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FENCOVIS – Managing calf scour
Calf scour is a common problem found on most cattle farms and is a major cause of poor growth and calf mortality. Fencovis prevents and protects against scour to maximise calf health and potential.
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Feeding Colostrum
Calves are born without any antibodies to fight disease in the first few weeks of life. The only way they can get these antibodies is through colostrum.
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Monitoring Colostrum Quality
How to monitor colostrum quality, ensuring cleanliness and antibody availability.
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Preserving Colostrum
How to preserve and store colostrum to ensure availability of good quality colostrum in times of short supply.
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Harvesting Colostrum
Because calves are born without any antibodies, their only source is colostrum. When ‘snatch calving’ is practiced, and colostrum feeding taken over, harvesting colostrum correctly is the first step in ensuring good passive transfer of immunity.
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BOVALTO - A little boost makes a big difference
The BOVALTO range has been developed to provide specific, individual advantages to ensure broad protection against BRD
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Critical-care pointers key to calf health
One Somerset-based producer shared how a ‘total quality management’ approach has significantly reduced calf mortality rate on his 800-cow unit with delegates at this year’s National Youngstock Conference.
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Calf scours - know your enemy
Is scouring cause for concern on your unit? We look at some key areas where easy wins can be made to help reduce the incidence of diarrhoea in calves.
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Calfmatters Kaizen Brochure - #From10Days to Weaning
The Calfmatters guide to continuous improvement in your calf health and performance from 10 days to weaning
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Cow Management Sept 2020 - Calfmatters Survey Results
Key messages on the importance of colostrum management, vaccination against pneumonia, and reducing antibiotic use are hitting home, according to the latest #Calfmatters survey results.
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Calfmatters Kaizen Brochure - Early Life
The Calfmatters Guide to Continuous Improvement in your Early-Life Calf Health Management
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Calfmatters survey 2019 – Building a resilient calf whitepaper
This is the third year that the #Calfmatters survey has been run by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, with over 400 farmers responding this year. This gives us an up to date snap shot of calf diseases such as bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and calf scour, plus an insight into the management practices currently being used on farm to reduce the impacts of these costly diseases.
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Healthy calf rearing system checklist AHDB
This checklist aims to provide a structured approach to assess a calf rearing system.
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Calf Health Guide IRELAND
This guide provides practical tips on how to best approach calf health and management, starting with colostrum feeding, which is an essential step in the management of any calf, then going through other important aspects of calf husbandry.
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#Calfmatters calf health & welfare blueprint
Tips and tricks to help calf rearing go from good to great.
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#Calfmatters calf pneumonia control article
Calf pneumonia is a cause of major economic loss for the cattle industry both in the UK and Ireland. In this #CALFMATTERS calf pneumonia control article, we discuss the causes of calf pneumonia, treatment should you be faced with an outbreak, prevention measures against the common viral and vaccination top tips.
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#Calfmatters vet and farmer videos
Meet one of our #CALFMATTERS vets and some UK farmers to discuss calf pneumonia and the key benefits of vaccinating.
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VET Kathryn Hart talks about Calf Performance
Roundtable Discussion Dr. Elizabeth Berry RUMA
VET Ben Barber on Calf Performance
Dorset UK Calf Rearer - James Yeatman
Roundtable Discussion - Matt Yarnall
#CALFMATTERS 2019 Farmer Survey Results