Mid-Summer Calf Working, Especially in Tight Times
By Dr. W. Dee Whittier, Extension Veterinarian, Cattle, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Published in the Virginia Cooperative Extension Livestock Update, July 2008. Mid-summer processing of spring-born beef calves is one of the highest...

Stillbirths and Calf Survival
By Blair Murray - Dairy Genetic Improvement Specialist/OMAFRA - The percentage of stillbirths has been steadily increasing but you can take steps to improve that rate on your farm.

Developing Improved Calf Rearing Regimes – The Key to Profitable Beef and Dairy Production
By Lynne Dawson and Steven Morrison AFBI, Hillsborough. Successful calf rearing is critical to profitable dairy and beef production enterprises.

Nursing Calf Deworming
By Jeffrey N. Carter and Matthew J. Hersom². Published by the University of Florida IFAS Extension. Historically, the predominant health problem worldwide for ruminant animals has been the presence of internal parasites.

Clostridium perfringens Infections in Baby Calves
By Russ Daly, DVM, Extension Veterinarian and Lori Rotert, Pre-Veterinary Student. South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service. Illnesses and death losses in baby calves are significant problems for producers raising calves in beef or dairy operations....

Rewarming Chilled Calves
By Barry Robinson, Ph.D., Great Northern Livestock Consulting Ltd. Alberta Dairy Management. Calving during the winter with its associated difficulties is a challenge that is faced by all Alberta dairy producers.

Milk Replacer Costs: Why Are Prices Skyrocketing? And What Can You Do?
By Coleen Jones and Jud Heinrichs, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University.

Is it Time to Consider Early Weaning?
By Dr. Thomas B. Turner, Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University Beef Team. For most beef producers with spring calving cow herds, summer is a time to focus on other things.

Look Back At The Calving Season And Start To Make Improvements Now
By Dr. Kris Ringwal and published by Cow Calf Corner Newsletter, Oklahoma Coorperate Extension Service. Only 1 to 2 months ago the spring calving cows were calving, the temperature was cold and the calving pastures were muddy.

Understanding Neonatal Calf Diarrhea
By Dave Sparks D.V.M., Oklahoma State University Area Extension Food-Animal Quality and Health Specialist and published in BEEF Cattle by Ohio State University Extension.

Should You Consider Early Weaning?
By Jamie Larson, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota Beef Team. Early weaning is a management practice that has become more common in recent years due to drought conditions, but has continued to be a successful management tool in some...

Managing Mother's Milk-Colostrum
By Lori Weddle-Schott Bethany Lovaas, DVM University of Minnesota Beef Team - Getting a calf off to a good start by ensuring colostrum intake is one of the most important steps for overall calf health.

Pelvic Measurements and Calving Difficulty
By David J. Patterson and William O. Herring Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri - Although researchers agree that birth weight is the most important measurable trait affecting calving difficulty, there is evidence that the size and...

Building and Managing Super Calf Hutches
By John F. Anderson - Professor Clinical and Population Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine and Donald W. Bates - Professor Emeritus Agricultural Engineering College of Agriculture.

Vaccinating the Cow Protects the Calf
By Ron Erskine Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Dairy Review, Michigan State University Extension. Colostrum is critical to protect the newborn calf, as it provides crucial antibodies to combat bacteria and viruses for the first several weeks,...