CALFCARE VIRTUAL WEEK Day 1

For the past four days Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc ran their joint annual series of CalfCare events. This time, going virtual and covering a wider range of topics relating to calf health. The events included a combination of webinars, videos and podcasts as outlined here (Day 1 below)

Day 1: This is the first in a series covering the content from each of the four days of CalfCare events.

Calf Housing and Preparing for the Calving Season Webinar

OnMonday 18 January, a live interactive webinar took place where the focus was on calf housing and preparing for the calving season. Questions from attendees were answered by a panel of speakers from AHI and Teagasc experienced in the area of calf health in the live webinar at 7.30pm.

Watch Webinar Recording here:

Calving is a stressful time for both the farmer and the animal. To try reduce this stress and ensure a successful calving period we must be prepared. Watch this short clip below -Preparing for the calving season- to ensure you are prepared for this calving season.

In this short clip below onGood Calf Housing,戈登Peppardruns through what you should have in a good calf housing facility such as a clean dry, draught free well ventilated house with access to milk replacer, concentrate feeding, straw and water.

Articles to follow include:

• Day 2:Tuesday, 19 January -1,2,3 of colostrum management, colostrum quality and managing Johne’s disease at calving -Videos & Podcast
• Day 3:Wednesday, 20 January -Vaccination of the pregnant cow and common diseases of the young calf -Webinar
• Day 4:Thursday, 21 January -Guidelines for Calf Feeding -Videos & Podcast

To catch up on all of theCalfCare eventsclickhere

For more information onCalf Rearing and Welfareclickhere