Farm characteristics and calf management practices on dairy farms with and without diarrhea: A case-control study to investigate risk factors for calf diarrhea

A survey on detection of coronavirus in neonatal calf diarrhea in dairy farms of Iran

BACKGROUND: Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is a primary cause of neonatal calf diarrhea worldwide, and is also associated with acute diarrhea in adult cattle during the winter season, resulting heavy economic losses to both dairy and beef industry throughout the world. OBJECTIVE: The Objective of the present study was to screen the fecal samples for BCoV collected from diarrhea from six geographic r...

Immunity to Neonatal Calf Diarrhea

An advisory tool to improve management practices affecting calf and heifer welfare on dairy farms.

We developed an advisory tool addressing 10 critical areas of calf and heifer management, including calving management, care to newborn calves and painful procedures, colostrum management, cow-calf separation, calf feeding, weaning, calf housing, heifer feeding, heifer housing, and general monitoring. Targets and indicators for each critical area were validated by a panel of experts and maximum...

A Study on Calf Mortality and Managemental Practices in Commercial Dairy Farms

Accepted: 27/12/2015 Abstract The present investigation was conducted on sixty commercial dairy farms in Guntur and Warangal districts of Andhra Pradesh by selecting twenty dairy farmers each from small, medium and large sized dairy farms to study the calf mortality and managemental practices that are being followed by the farmers. The results indicated that high incidence of calf mortality was...

Survey of Calf Management and Hygiene Practices Adopted in Commercial Dairy Farms in Chittagong, Bangladesh

| A survey was conducted to characterize calf management and hygiene practices adopted by dairy farmers at Chittagong, in Bangladesh. A total of 210 dairy farms located in 3 geographically distinct regions in Chittagong division, namely coastal, hilly and plain area, were surveyed. Calf management and hygiene practice related data was collected through a standard questionnaire and all sampled f...