As calves are weaned and spending more time on pasture, their exposure to worm eggs increases. With rapid daily growth...
Anexa News & Vet Advice
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The pros and cons of grazing dairy calves off-farm… if you can find grazing
Oct 4, 2022 | Dairy, Farm systems, Young Stock
Milk payout is high this season and it is getting trickier to budget for summer – surely getting the calves off-farm...
Are my calves ready to be weaned?
Sep 1, 2022 | Dairy, Dry stock, Young Stock
Weaning of calves is a very important event in the development of high-quality replacements and needs to be carried...
Calf calamities – When Disease Strikes
Aug 1, 2022 | Dairy, Young Stock
Scouring causes damage to the gut, meaning less nutrients and fluids are absorbed. In addition, fluid and energy are...
Give your calves the best pain relief this disbudding season
Jul 15, 2022 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Grazing youngstock, Young Stock
Calving is upon us, and now is the time to think about booking your calf disbudding. Hopefully, all farmers are now...
Rotavirus vaccination
Jun 5, 2022 | Biosecurity, Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
Well grown heifers coming into the herd are one of your biggest assets to increasing overall productivity on farm....
Young stock grazers – management for best growth
Jun 2, 2022 | Dairy, Grazing youngstock, Young Stock
Now that the new batch of dairy grazers have arrived on farm it is time to plan how to optimise their growth to give...
Weaning for autumn calves
Jun 2, 2022 | Dairy, Grazing youngstock, Young Stock
Mating is in full swing for our autumn calving cows, but we can’t forget about the calves. A successful weaning...
Colostrum management is the key to preventing disease and death in calves
Jun 1, 2022 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Young Stock
The cow and calf are ‘oddities of nature’. Unlike in other mammalian species, where antibodies can pass freely from...