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Growing Pains
Sickness & Health
100
High priority neonatal task that requires clean equipment and recommended 7% tincture of iodine or equivalent antimicrobial product.
What is dipping the umbilicius?
100
The most common type of individualized calf housing used on modern dairies and calf ranches.
What are calf hutches?
100
This first milk provides antibodies that protect calves from disease.
What is Colostrum?
100
Important milestone around 2 months of age
What is weaning?
100
The calfhood disease that is most prevalent prior to weaning.
What is calfhood diarrhea (Scours)?
200
The single most important management factor for calf health and survival?
What is colostrum management?
200
Provide this to reduce respiratory issues in both cold and warm weather.
What is adequate ventilation?
200
Calves should receive colostrum within this many hours after birth for best immunity.
What is 1-4 hours?
200
A benchmark value comparing weaning weight to birth weight divided by number of days of age. Expected to be 1.8 - 2.2 pounds in Holstein calves.
What is Average Daily Gain? (ADG)
200
Name 2 factors that would cause pneumonia rates to be high?
What is health, ventilation, immunity, environment?
300
Term used to describe calves not receiving or absorbing enough antibodies
What is failure of transfer of passive immunity (fTPI)?
300
The key components of maintaining a clean, dry calf raising environment.
What are regular changes or additions of dry bedding, minimizing waste accumulation and adequate drainage?
300
1st Feeding Colostrum Brix % reading benchmark
What is 22% or higher?
300
Ideal age at first calving
What is 22-24 months?
300
1 - 7 days of age
What is appropriate time to collect blood for serum total solids testing / colostrum management assessment?
400
The term used to describe a calf born dead or dies within 24 hours
What is a stillbirth?
400
Minimum square footage of bedded resting area for a preweaned calf?
What is 35 square feet?
400
Key immunity protein in colostrum
What is IgG? or Immunoglobulin
400
A highly palatable concentrate with a minimum of 18% crude protein.
What is calf starter grain?
400
Hygiene and nutrition can either increase or decrease the incidence of this common disease in calves.
What is scours?
500
Name 3 items that should be recorded after a cow has calved?
Date/Time calf was born
Calving difficulty score
Calf weight &/or height
Calf identification
Time when first colostrum was fed
Initial who processed the calf
500
Calves and heifers start to experience heat stress in this temperature humid index (THI) range.
What is THI between 65-75 degrees F?
500
Name this tool to test colostrum quality.
What is a Brix Refractometer?
500
Appropriate age and/or bodyweight to begin breeding heifers
What is 55-58% of mature body weight and 13-15 months of age?
500
This should be offered to calves and heifers at all times.
What is fresh, clean water?