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10 Reasons Antibiotics Fail

8 Reasons Vaccines Fail

Acidified Milk: Keys to Successful Free-Access Feeding of Milk Acidified with Formic Acid

Acidified Milk: Preservatives and Chemicals

Ad libitum milk intake by calves, Day 1-35

Alternative Chemicals to Preserve Milk

Antibody Absorption

Assisted Birth Calf Care Checklist

Bacteria Quality Control: Collecting Colostrum Samples

Bacteria Quality Control: Collecting Colostrum Samples SPANISH

Bacteria Quality Control: Collecting Milk/Milk Replacer Samples

Bacteria Quality Control: Collecting Sterile Water Rinse Samples

Basics of Feeding More Than 1 Pound of Milk Replacer Powder per Day

Basics of Feeding More Than 1 Pound of Milk Replacer Powder per Day

Biofilms Threaten Calf Health

Blankets for Calves

Bleach dilution rate (concentrated household 9%)

Bleach Dilution Rate (Regular household bleach - 6%)

Bleach Dilution Rates - Computed, Must add concentration

Bleach Is Not Enough

Bleach: Using it Effectively to Clean and Disinfect

Blood Serum Total Protein Testing - Passive Transfer of Immunity

Blueprint for 4-6 Month Old Heifers

Calf Jacket Protocol

Calf Wellness Worksheet

Calf Wellness Worksheet - Observation Protocols

Calfhood Diseases: Diagnosing and Treating

Calfhood Diseases: Managing Using HACCP Method

Chlorine Dioxide: Disinfecting calf equipment and premises

Coccidiosis: Management for Dairy Calves and Heifers

Coccidiosis: Stress

Coccidosis: The Three-Week Old Calf

Cold Weather and Energy for Calves

Cold Weather Bedding for Calves

Cold Weather Calf Care Checklist

Cold Weather Calf Care Checklist SPANISH

Coliform Bacteria Growth Demonstration: How to Make One

Colostrum: Bacteria Control - 8 Practical Steps to Reduce Bacteria Counts

Colostrum: Calf Raising Profit Starts with Colostrum Management

Colostrum: Chilling

Colostrum: Clean and Wholesome Checklist

Colostrum: CMT Used to Check Quality

Colostrum: Coliform Bacteria Standards for Calf Health

Colostrum: Collecting Clean Colostrum Protocol

Colostrum: Composition 1st, 2nd, 3rd Milking

Colostrum: Feeding Checklist

Colostrum: Feeding Clean Wholesome Colostrum

Colostrum: Feeding Strategies

Colostrum: Guidelines for Heat Treating

Colostrum: How antibodies are absorbed

Colostrum: How to Manage Shelf Life

Colostrum: Keeping it Clean Tips

Colostrum: Let Biology Work For You to Keep it Clean

Colostrum: Lowering a High Coliform Count - A Case Study

Colostrum: Management Checklist

Colostrum: Pooling - Yes or No?

Colostrum: Quality and Quantity Variation

Colostrum: Reducing Coliform Counts Checklist

Colostrum: Refractometer use for Testing

Colostrum: Replacers - Management Tips

Colostrum: Storage Checklist

Colostrum: Study +$58/Heifer Good Colostrum Mgt

Colostrum: Supplements - Strategies for Using

Colostrum: Supplements - What are They?

Colostrum: Supplements - What are They? SPANISH

Colostrum: Tube Feeding - 4 Rules

Colostrum: Tube vs. Bottle Feeding Results

Colostrum: Why Feed to Newborn Calves

Consistency: Calf Care Checklist

Cryptosporidium parvum

Dehorning Calves

Diagnosing and Treating Calfhood Diseases

Dipping Navels Mortality Graph

Dipping Navels Protocol

Dipping Navels: Dollars and Sense

Disinfecting calf equipment and housing

Disinfecting using Chlorine Dioxide for calf equipt & premises

Do Not Cut Calf Bottle Nipples

Do Not Cut Calf Bottle Nipples Spanish

Dry Cow Management Checklist

Drying Off a Calf

Dystocia (Hard Delivery) Calf Care

Energy Requirements Feeding 20:20, 100# Calf @ 20, 40, 60F

Evidence-Based care for Sick Calves

Feeding More Energy: How to Do It

Feeding More Milk without Scours

Feeding Space for Heifers

Free-Choice Milk Consumption, Days 1-35

FRENCH Nettoyage Chaudieres a Lait Pour les Jeunes Veaux

FRENCH Nettoyage Chaudieres a Lait Pour les Jeunes Veaux

Good Gains in Cold Weather Part One of Two

Good Gains in Cold Weather Part Two of Two

Grazing Heifers: Is it a Possibility?

Grazing Heifers: Making It Work

Grazing Heifers: Managed Intensive Grazing Checklist

Hay: Limited or Free-Choice for Weaned Calves?

Health Crisis: How do You Respond?

Healthy Calves: Calf Health Scoring Chart

Healthy Calves: Doing Five Jobs Very Well

Healthy Calves: Increasing Resistance to Pathogens - Checklist

Healthy Calves: Managing Physical Barriers to Infection

Healthy Calves: Reducing Exposure to Pathogens

Hot Weather Calf Care Tips

How Much Milk will a Calf Drink?

Improving Treatment Effectiveness

Intensive Feeding Program Requirements

Intensive Feeding Program: Grain Feeding

Intensive Feeding Program: Milk Feeding

Intensive Feeding Program: Water intake by week of age

Links to Calf Management Information

Luminometers (ATP meter) Using One to Improve Sanitation for Calves

Lying Behavior in Calves: Management Tips

Managing Calf Diseases: HACCP Method

Milk Replacer: Feeding Preweaned Calves Checklist

Mixing Tips for Milk Replacer

Monitoring Calf Care: Goals and Production Standards

Monitoring Calf Care: What to do when goals not met

Monitoring Compliance with Protocols: A Checklist

Monitoring Compliance with Sanitation Protocols

Mycoplasma in Heifers: Tips for Prevention

Mycoplasma: Preventing Spread Among Heifers

Navel Dipping: Dollars and Sense

Navel Dipping: Protocol

Navels: What's Normal and Abnormal?

Nettoyage des Chaudieres a Lait pour les Jeunes Veaux

Newborn Calf Care Management: Checklist

Newborn Calf Care: Goals

Newborn Calf Care: Just Born Checklist

Newborn Calf Care: Just born checklist [SPANISH]

Newborn Calves That Don't Suck

Newborn Health Starts at Calving

Passive Immunity: How to Test For

Passive Transfer of Immunity: When to Test for

Passive Transfer: Fixing the Problem of Failure

Pneumonia: Preventing Pneumonia in Young Calves

Pneumonia: Stop! Don't Cut That Nipple

Pneumonia: Stop! Don't Cut That Nipple [Spanish]

Potassium sorbate: Mixing Protocol

Potassium sorbate: Resource sheet

Potassium sorbate: Use Protocol

Refractometer Readings and IgG Values

Refractometer: Use for Testing Colostrum

Risk Assessmant for Preweaned Calves: A Checklist

Sanitation and Standard Operating Procedures 1 Page

Sanitation Procedures: Selecting for Calf Enterprise

Sanitation Protocols: Monitoring Compliance

Sanitation SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) for Calf Enterprise

Scours from a Parasite - Cryptosporidia

Scours: What's Normal and Setting Treatment Goals

Selecting Sanitation Procedures for Preweaned Calves: A Checklist

SPANISH Agentes Causantes de Enfermedades en Becerros

SPANISH Alimentacion de los becerros no destitado: Sustituto Lacteo

SPANISH Alimentacion de los becerros no destitado: Sustituto Lacteo

SPANISH Cold Weather Calf Care Checklist

SPANISH Coleccionar Muestras del Colostro para el control del calidad

SPANISH Colostro Suplementos

SPANISH Cuidado del Bercerro Recien-Nacido: Lista de Verifacacion

SPANISH Cuidado del Ternero en Clima Frio

spanish Espera! No se corta esa chupon!

SPANISH Espera! No se corta esa chupon!

SPANISH Granacias Estimadas por Alimentar con 20-20 sustituto lacteo

SPANISH Lavando los Recipientes de la Leche (Protocol)

SPANISH Lavando los Recipientes de la Leche: Lista de Verificacion

SPANISH Manejo de Alimento para Terneros en Transicion: Lista de Verificacion

SPANISH Manejo de Vacas Secas: Lista de Verificacion

Standard Operating Procedures - How to Develop

Starter Grain Feeding Checklist

Starter Grain Intake Influenced by Volume of Milk Fed

Stress Management for Calves and Heifers

Surges in Calving: Responding Positively Rather Than "Muddling Through"

Testing for Transfer of Passive Immunity

Training Employees to Follow Protocols: A Checklist

Transition Heifers: Feeding Management Checklist

Transition Heifers: Feeding Management Checklist [SPANISH]

Transition Heifers: Housing Checklist

Transition Heifers: Introducing Forages

Transition-Milk Feeding

Transitioning Heifers After Weaning: A Checklist

Tube Feeding: How to Teach This Skill

Vaccinating Calves during Hot Weather

Ventilation Air Exchange Recommended Rates by Season

Ventilation for Calf Barns

Wash Water Hot Enough? Cold Weather Washing Tips

Washing Milk Containers: Checklist [SPANISH]

Washing Milk Containers: Protocol

Washing Milk Containers: Protocol [FRENCH]

Washing Milk Containers: Protocol [SPANISH]

Washing Milk Containers: Protocol [Spanish]

Wasing Up vs. Real Bacteria Control: A Checklist

Water and Calves: Basics

Water Intake by Milk Feeding Program by Age

Water Temperature Measurement Methods

Water: An Essential Element for Growth

Water: Feeding Preweaned Calves

Water: Feeding Water vs. Filling Buckets - A Checklist

Water: Free choice leads to greater gain

Water: Gains with and without Water Compared

Weaned Heifers: Limited or Free Choice Hay Growth Compared

Weaning Calves: 4 Management Strategies

Weaning Calves: A Checklist

Weaning with Less Stress

Weight Tape Use Tips