Calf Health
This score measures calving difficulty (1=easy to 5=extreme)
What is Calving Ease Score?
Organization collecting herd production data
What is DHIA?
First feeding within 2 hours
What is Colostrum?
Ideal age at first calving
Stage affected by calf program
What is fresh cow performance?
High SCC first test problem
What is poor immunity?
Calf born dead or dies within 48 hours
What is a stillbirth?
Milk production measure in early lactation
What is early lactation milk yield?
Percent body weight fed in colostrum
What is 8-10%
Daily weight gain measure
What is Average Daily Gain? (ADG)
Poor colostrum raises this
What is mortality rate? What is treatment rate?
Low milk + hard calving
What is dystocia?
Percent of calves surviving beyond 48 hours
What is calf livability?
Indicator of udder health
What is somatic cell count?
Key immunity protein in colostrum
What is IgG?
Important milestone around 2 months of age
What is weaning?
Difficult calving causes this trend
What is lower milk?
High stillbirth rate cause
What is poor calving management?
Low values indicate failure of passive transfer
What is serum protein?
Days since calving
What is Days in Milk?
Not enough antibodies absorbed
What is failure of passive transfer?
Age when heifer calves first
What is AFC?
First 21 days post-calving
What is transition period?
Late AFC meaning
What is poor heifer growth?
Scours-related disease in young calves
What is neonatal diarrhea?
Percent cows leaving early lactation
What is early cull rate?
Tool to test colostrum quality
What is Brix Refractometer?
Result of poor early growth
What is reduced milk production?
High stillbirth source
What is calving management?
High early culls originate from
What is transition issues?