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The crucial role of ventilation for calf health

Beef, Dairy, Youngstock

The crucial role of ventilation for calf health

As you will know, the health and well-being of calves are paramount to the success of a dairy and beef operation. While factors such as nutrition and housing play crucial roles, one often underestimated aspect that significantly impacts calf health is proper ventilation.

Optimal Air Quality:

Adequate ventilation is essential […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-09-18T15:22:06+00:00September 18th, 2023|Beef, Dairy, Youngstock|

Conflicting calf feeding advice unwrapped

Dairy, Management, Youngstock

Conflicting calf feeding advice unwrapped

I recently attended the National Youngstock Conference at Harper Adams (lovely to see some of you there). On the day, there were some conflicting views presented on the best way to feed calves – a higher milk diet with a gradual increase onto concentrate or a higher concentrate and forage […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-09-20T10:51:50+00:00September 18th, 2023|Dairy, Management, Youngstock|

“The Werombi herd” trials and tales from new entrants

Beef, Management, Youngstock

“The Werombi herd” trials and tales from new entrants

I’d like to say ‘oh, what a difference a year makes’ but with another drought potentially on the horizon, perhaps less has changed since 2022 than I’d hoped. One thing is for sure, the majority of the suckler cows are finally meeting their Body Condition Score (BCS) targets! After a […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-06-13T13:24:03+00:00June 13th, 2023|Beef, Management, Youngstock|

Milk powder Q&A

On 30th March, we hosted a farmer meeting at The Buck in Bangor-on-dee kindly sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim and Arwain ADG. It was a great evening with a big turnout, good food and wide discussions about all things milk powder. Throughout the evening, many questions were asked so we thought it […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-05-03T11:50:32+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Youngstock|

Post-calving management study

Beef, Dairy, Fertility, Management, Youngstock

Post-calving management study

We’re aware of the negative effects of poor calcium, excess negative energy balance and poor anti-oxidant status on reproductive performance but some new studies go into more detail on this, highlighting the strong relationship each of these elements have for getting a cow back in calf.

A recently published paper […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-05-03T11:29:46+00:00May 3rd, 2023|Beef, Dairy, Fertility, Management, Youngstock|

Potential iodine shortage this Spring

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Potential iodine shortage this Spring

Iodine for disinfecting navels is likely to come into short supply this spring. Production issues at the factory in Chile have affected global availability, with prices quadrupling as a result. This could affect a number of areas, a crucial one being navel dipping.

High iodine concentrations (over 7%) are required […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-02-03T08:51:56+00:00January 4th, 2023|Youngstock|

E.Coli Septicaemia in weaned calves

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E.Coli Septicaemia in weaned calves

E.Coli septicaemia is something we usually see in calves less than seven days old. It can cause severe scour and dehydration, meningitis and often death. Luckily, for this type of E.Coli infection, we can protect the new born by vaccinating the dam during late pregnancy and feeding the calf the […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-01-04T12:10:58+00:00January 4th, 2023|Youngstock|

Ventilation improves calf health

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Ventilation improves calf health

Improving ventilation in calf housing has been key to reduce pneumonia and improve growth rates in calves. We’ve done a number of features on this in the past, but we are consistently seeing benefits on farm where ventilation has been applied to older buildings. David and […]

LLM Farm Vets2023-08-17T08:58:40+00:00November 21st, 2022|Youngstock|

Routine calf health visits have a big role to play in improving total protein results

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Routine calf health visits have a big role to play in improving total protein results

We collated these results for a presentation at the BCVA (British Cattle Vets Association) congress in Birmingham, and the results have been very interesting so we thought it would be good to share them with […]

LLM Farm Vets2022-11-21T15:17:09+00:00November 21st, 2022|Youngstock|

Charcoal – not just for the BBQ

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Charcoal – not just for the BBQ

Neonatal Calf Diarrhoea or Calf Scour as it is more commonly known, is the leading cause of death in newborn calves. It is still thought that as many as 3% of all calves born are lost to scour. Given that there are 1.8 million milking cows in the UK, this […]

LLM Farm Vets2022-11-22T13:54:57+00:00October 17th, 2022|Youngstock|