G90-972 Reducing Calf Losses with Top Management

Authors

Don Hudson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Duane Rice, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dale Grotelueschen, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1990

Comments

© 1990, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

A herd health program, replacement heifer selection, cow nutrition, calving management and more are covered here.

Seventy-five to eighty percent of the death loss in calves occurs at birth or in the first two weeks of life. Many factors affect the livability of the calf, including: nutrition of the heifer and the cow, calving difficulty, sanitation in the calving area, and management of the cow-calf pair after calving.