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Bee propolis: a remedy to improve calves health

Posted: Fri 25th Sep, 2020
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Dehorning of calves in suckler herds - Good Practice Video

Posted: Wed 30th Sep, 2020
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Author: Frank Zerbe
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Use of contract pricing in risk management for finished cattle in Ireland

Posted: Tue 10th Nov, 2020
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Risk Management Systems for Farmers

Significant factors able to reduce on-farm losses of beef cattle on beef finisher farms

Posted: Tue 24th Nov, 2020
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Risk Management Systems for Farmers

Demonstration: Measuring the quality of colostrum (Germany)

Posted: Thu 28th Oct, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Demonstration: Scoring vitality in newborn calves (France)

Posted: Thu 28th Oct, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Demonstration: Scoring vitality in newborn calves (Belgium)

Posted: Thu 28th Oct, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Measuring the quality of colostrum

Posted: Mon 7th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Scoring vitality in newborn calves

Posted: Mon 23rd Nov, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Vaccination of cows against diarrhea in calves caused by Rota- and Coronavirus

Posted: Thu 10th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Calf hanging upside down after birth

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Management of newborn calves with focus on supporting a strong immune system

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Demonstration: Thoracic Squeeze in new-born calves with maladjustment syndrome (Germany)

Posted: Mon 1st Nov, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Squeeze technique for dummy-calves

Posted: Mon 23rd Nov, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Goal-oriented feeding for a corresponding age at first calving

Posted: Tue 8th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Induction of parturition

Posted: Tue 8th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Prediction of parturition to improve farmer’s ability to assist cows at the time of delivery

Posted: Mon 23rd Nov, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Reduce the risk of dystocia by changing the genetics of suckler cows

Posted: Tue 8th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Elective Caesarean Section (ECS)

Posted: Tue 8th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Calving ease

Posted: Thu 10th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

An observational study on passive immunity in Irish suckler beef and dairy calves

Posted: Wed 26th May, 2021
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

How to choose a bull for the herd?

Posted: Thu 17th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

The importance of the rearing phase for fertility of replacement heifers

Posted: Thu 17th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Birth of oversized calves

Posted: Mon 30th Nov, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Pregnant cows and heifers grazing on semi-natural and natural pastures

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Castration of young bulls, prevention of early pregnancy of heifers

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

Real time monitoring of the reproductive behaviour and welfare of grazing animals.

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Guidelines of Peripartum Measures to Prevent Dystocia (problems at calving)

On-farm health assessment with user-friendly software ('welfare' app) for fattening farms

Posted: Fri 24th Jul, 2020
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Author: Frank Zerbe
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Category: Lameness in beef cattle

The use of rubber coverings/mats on slats to improve animal welfare

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Lameness in beef cattle

Demonstration: An automated weight system implemented in fattening farms Spain

Posted: Mon 20th Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Beef Label Rouge: A quality specification in France

Posted: Tue 22nd Dec, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Farm video surveillance (FarmCam HD)

Posted: Wed 10th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Examining economically efficient housing systems for beef cattle

Infrared thermography for measuring respiration rate

Posted: Tue 17th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Automated monitoring of coughs for early detection of respiratory disease in calves

Posted: Thu 19th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Welfare Assessment Protocol for Beef Cattle

Posted: Mon 1st Nov, 2021
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Communication of calving related events – a simple tool to improve animal welfare around calving

Posted: Mon 30th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Accelerometer for calves - Activity as a parameter for health and welfare

Posted: Tue 24th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Calf health scoring during purchasing (farmer assessment)

Posted: Tue 18th Jan, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Demonstration: Calf Health Belgium

Posted: Wed 20th Jul, 2022
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Demonstration: Online Training Animal Welfare Indicators for beef cattle

Posted: Thu 21st Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Demonstration: On-Farm-Scoring for Bovine Respiratory Disease

Posted: Thu 2nd Jun, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Demonstration: On-Farm-Scoring for Bovine Respiratory Disease (Germany)

Posted: Fri 14th Oct, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

On-Farm-Scoring for Bovine Respiratory Disease (CA BRD scoring system)

Posted: Mon 30th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Mix and Match - Grouping Beef bulls affects social stress, respiratory disease and weight gain

Posted: Thu 26th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Finishing Betizu´s bulls in paddows

Posted: Tue 9th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Calf and shed monitoring system: e-stado®

Posted: Tue 18th Jan, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Low-stress weaning with pass-through gates for calves

Posted: Wed 12th Jan, 2022
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Author: Airi Külvet
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Demonstration: Clean Water

Posted: Tue 20th Sep, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Ventilation tubes for better air quality in old stables

Posted: Thu 26th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Beef+: Beef circularity through vegetable by-product feeding strategies

Posted: Tue 24th Aug, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

INTIA protocol to optimizing number of calves per cow and year

Posted: Wed 10th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Methods to reduce calf mortality and ensure a calf every year from beef cows in Natura area, by advancing the calving season and vaccinating against rotavirus

Posted: Sun 6th Mar, 2022
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Author: Airi Külvet
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Restricted nursing as a tool to improve beef cow performances

Posted: Wed 25th May, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Using a measuring tape for timing the first mating

Posted: Mon 8th Nov, 2021
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Using Moocall Heat detection technology to reduce the calving interval and enable a change to AI in suckler herds

Posted: Fri 8th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Good practices in a high genetic Limousine suckler beef farm for optimization of calving period

Posted: Wed 3rd Nov, 2021
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Author: alessandro mazzenga
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Estrus detection in suckler cows using automated on-farm tools

Posted: Fri 25th Jun, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Optimizing the cow-calf performance in beef cattle through an adequate nutrition during early pregnancy

Posted: Tue 18th Jan, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Ovarian synchronization protocols to improve reproductive efficiency in beef heifers

Posted: Thu 2nd Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Proposed standard procedure for bull evaluation in Spain: The VART guide

Posted: Wed 1st Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Finishing of young cattle on the basis of vegetable industry by-products

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: The use of alternative feedstuffs to reduce the high costs of raw material for feeding

Grazing Kale in situ as an alternative winter feed

Posted: Wed 27th Jul, 2022
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: The use of alternative feedstuffs to reduce the high costs of raw material for feeding

Preconditioning – optimised preparation for a successful fattening

Posted: Thu 12th May, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Preventive vaccination to avoid antibiotic treatments

Posted: Tue 31st May, 2022
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Author: Floriane PROST
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

A health check of calves prior to purchase

Posted: Mon 18th Jul, 2022
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Author: dirk audenaert
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Livestock health program

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Alexander Riek
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

‘Outdoor veal calf’ – A novel concept from Switzerland

Posted: Fri 1st Apr, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Vaccination prior to transport

Posted: Fri 1st Apr, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Purchasing calves for fattening - what to look out for when selecting calves

Posted: Sat 14th May, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Vaccination against bovine respiratory diseases (BRD) - why, against what and how?

Posted: Sat 14th May, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Test and evaluate vitality parameters before sale

Posted: Mon 15th Aug, 2022
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Transport - usually necessary, but always a demanding challenge for calves.

Posted: Thu 18th Aug, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Use of thoracic ultrasound to support the diagnosis and treatment of bovine respiratory disease in calves

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

BoviCare Program

Posted: Mon 19th Sep, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Health Check of Calves prior to purchase

Posted: Wed 27th Jul, 2022
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

Online Courses and SOPs for handling calves and cows

Posted: Thu 9th Jun, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Advantages of the Angus breed in terms of meat marbling

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: On-farm strategies to increase/improve marbling/tenderness/colour in beef meat 

Maintenance of grasslands, especially in areas where cultivation is not possible

Posted: Mon 29th Aug, 2022
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Author: Floriane PROST
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms