Dairy calves and heifers - why reaching target weight is so important to their future production

Update: 2022-05-04

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In this episode of Anexa’s Podcast, In One Ear and Out the Udder, vets Emma Franklin and Travis Scott chat about the need to regularly monitor and record weights of dairy calves and heifers. Travis explains why it is so important to reach weight targets for heifers’ future production and reproduction and tells Emma about new research that shows that weight gain pre-weaning is critical to an animal’s lifetime productivity.

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Dairy calves and heifers - why reaching target weight is so important to their future production

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Dairy calves and heifers - why reaching target weight is so important to their future production

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Dairy calves and heifers - why reaching target weight is so important to their future production