How Deer Could Be a Disease Risk on Your Farm
While deer are stunning animals, cattle farmers shouldn’t get too taken with them. They could potentially carry many risks to their herd.…
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How Hen Egg Antibodies Fortify Your Calf’s Immune System
When a calf gets colostrum from their mother it kick starts their almost non-existent immune system and in the meantime it gives…
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Calving In Frost & Snow: Everything You Need to Know
Calving can be touch and go at the best of times, let alone in wintry weather like frost and snow. Keeping calves…
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5 Most Common Reasons for Calf Mortality & How Moocall Can Help
The costliest part of calving season is not getting a calf at all. Calf mortality is one of the biggest expenses in…
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Why a New Calf Needs a Tidy Shed
The most efficient cattle operations never consider tidy housing a waste of time. Washing, tidying and maintaining a hygienic cattle shed has…
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What NOT to Do When Reviving Your Newborn Calf
Sometimes when a calf is born, often after a difficult birth, they have difficulty breathing at first. There are a number of…
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Uterine Prolapses & Vaginal Prolapses in Cattle
A prolapse is the slipping forward or down of a part or organ of the body. Uterine and Vaginal are both relatively…
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What to do When Your Cow Retains Her Fetal Membrane (Afterbirth)
A retained fetal membrane, or retained placenta is when a cow or heifer doesn’t get rid of their afterbirth within 24 hours…
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Why Feeding at Night Could Offset Calving
Monitoring your herd at calving time is of paramount importance if you’re looking to wipe out calf mortality. However, this can be…
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Twin Calves – What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Getting twins instead of a single calf seems twice as good on the face of it, but as with most things, there’s a catch.…
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