Calf Care Toolkit

Answer the questions below then click on the Finish and view results button to see how to level up your calf care.

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1. Does your calf rearer have any previous experience rearing calves?

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1. Does your calf rearer have any previous experience rearing calves?

2. What do you feed newborn (under 24 hours old) bobby calves?

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2. What do you feed newborn (under 24 hours old) bobby calves?

3. What do you feed newborn (under 24 hours old) replacement calves?

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3. What do you feed newborn (under 24 hours old) replacement calves?

4. Within how many hours of birth do your calves first have a feed?

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4. Within how many hours of birth do your calves first have a feed?

5. Do you use a brix refractometer to test colostrum quality?

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5. Do you use a brix refractometer to test colostrum quality?

6. Do you refrigerate or preserve gold colostrum to maintain quality?

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6. Do you refrigerate or preserve gold colostrum to maintain quality?

7. Do you refrigerate or preserve mixed colostrum to maintain quality?

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7. Do you refrigerate or preserve mixed colostrum to maintain quality?

8. Do you have your calves blood tested to check for Failure of Passive Transfer (FPT)?

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8. Do you have your calves blood tested to check for Failure of Passive Transfer (FPT)?

9. Do you feed red/antibiotic milk to calves of any age?

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9. Do you feed red/antibiotic milk to calves of any age?

10. Is water available at the calf shed for both heifers and bobbies?

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10. Is water available at the calf shed for both heifers and bobbies?

11. How many deaths (including bobbies) did you have in the calf shed last season due to injury, sickness, or disease?

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11. How many deaths (including bobbies) did you have in the calf shed last season due to injury, sickness, or disease?

12. Do you vaccinate against Rotavirus?

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12. Do you vaccinate against Rotavirus?