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Manejo Integral de la Diarrea Neonatal en Terneros de Leche [Video] ▶️

En esta charla, El Dr. Sebastián Umaña Sedó, profesor asistente de Medicina de animales de producción, de la universidad de Virginia Tech, nos habla acerca de factores modificables que los productores pueden incorporar día a día en su rutina para prevenir y controlar la diarrea neonatal, así como los puntos clave para crear un protocolo efectivo del tratamiento de diarreas a nivel grupal e individual.   

Integrated Management of Neonatal Diarrhea in Dairy Calves [Video] ▶️

In this presentation, Dr. Sebastián Umaña Sedó Assistant Professor, Production Management Medicine at Virginia Tech discusses modifiable factors that producers can incorporate into their daily routines to prevent and control neonatal calf diarrhea, as well as the key elements needed to develop an effective diarrhea treatment protocol at both the group and individual animal levels.

Feeding the Newborn Calf

Feed newborn calves 3–4 quarts of clean, high-quality colostrum (IgG >50 g/L) within 4 hours of birth to ensure essential passive immunity.

Comodidad en las camas

Proporcionar un ambiente excelente es clave para criar terneros con éxito. En el alojamiento de los terneros, el ambiente incluye el espacio que el ternero usa para descansar, las áreas de alimentación y las superficies por donde camina.

Edad y peso objetivo al criar vaquillas para productos lácteos

La cría de vaquillas es una de las áreas más costosas de la granja. Desde el día en que estos animales tocan el suelo hasta que paren, son una carga monetaria para la granja. Por lo tanto, hacer que estos animales parieran de la manera más eficiente posible tiene sentido.

The importance of water for dairy calves

The importance of the water and how by providing warm water for calves, especially in colder weather, can benefit rumen development, increase starter intake, and weight gain, and growth performance.

Managing worms at spring turnout

Green is my favorite color. Green tree buds, lawns, and pastures signal that winter is finally over. It’s very tempting to turn young stock out onto newly green pasture. We are tired of indoor feeding and cleaning, and we have fieldwork and other chores to attend to. However, tempting as it is to open the pasture gate, first remember these worm management steps.

Colostrum is critical after calving

Bovine colostrum is the production of “first milk” from the mammary gland in the 24 hours after calving and it is the first source of nutrients for the calf. All female mammals produce it, and, in all species, it is of great importance, since it provides key antibodies, or immunoglobulins, to jump-start the immune system and determine whether the offspring survive or not.