Dairy
With the autumn calving season well underway, farmers must keep a keen eye out for early signs of calf pneumonia
The next couple of weeks are crucial in getting prepared for the arrival of calves for autumn calving herds and pneumonia prevention...
We are now at that stage of the calving season where fewer cows are calving down and calf pens are filling and calf scour threatens...
The calving season has kicked off which means that day by day, sheds will be filling up with calves and the risk of pneumonia will increase..
This dairy advice hones in on the need to get your sheds in order this autumn/winter to have them fully prepared, cleaned and disinfected...
As the autumn calving season has well and truly taken off, with more calves on the ground day by day, pneumonia is something to be wary...
Dairy Technical
Full calf sheds can result in increased levels of sickness within calves, with once such sickness being pneumonia.
Pneumonia in calves causes inflammation and damage to the lung tissue and airways, which ultimately compromises lung function.
Pneumonia is one the main illnesses experienced by young calves and is the biggest cause of death in calves between 1 and 6 months of age.
Pneumonia in calves causes inflammation and damage of the lung tissue and airways – compromising lung function
