It is critical that bovine maternal colostrum is fed to newborn calves during their first hours of
life. Colostrum is the secretion a cow produces after mammary involution that is rich in …

The veal and dairy beef sectors are important outlets for surplus calves from the dairy
industry. Surplus calves are defined as calves that are not needed to produce milk, with the …

The objective of this observational study was to compare calf health, average daily weight
gain, and calf mortality considering the proposed categories of transfer of passive immunity …

Calves arriving to veal and dairy-beef facilities in poor condition are at risk of future health
challenges and reduced growth rates, and limited knowledge is available on how time in …

Neonatal dairy and beef calves are required to ingest adequate volumes of high-quality
colostrum during their first hours of life to acquire transfer of passive immunity (TPI). As such …

The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate a K-nearest neighbor (KNN)
algorithm to classify and indicate bovine respiratory disease (clinical BRD) status using …

Four categories of transfer of passive immunity (TPI) were recently proposed in response to
the widespread high preweaning morbidity and mortality risks in calves with adequate TPI …

In contrast to pigs and cattle, research focussed on sheep colostrum is limited, especially
regarding measuring and defining colostrum quality. Colostrum is the first mammary gland …

Simple Summary This retrospective study of records from a dairy farm explored the impact of
receiving a second feeding of colostrum 5–6 h after an initial meal of 3 L of quality-tested …

Dairy calf nutrition is traditionally one of the most overlooked aspects of dairy management,
despite its large effect on the efficiency and profitability of dairy operations. Unfortunately …