Gerald L Stokka,T Robin Falkner
Gerald L Stokka
The management and care of livestock can be integrated with a stewardship philosophy and a systems approach to health and wellness. Stewardship is the responsible management of things entrusted to one's care. This philosophic approach means...
Beef Production Health Systems: Perspectives of a Trained Systems Thinker [0.03%]
beef生产健康体系：一位受过系统思维训练的人的视角
Benjamin L Turner
Benjamin L Turner
Managing beef cattle health across a segmented production and marketing system can be thought of as a perplexing problem due to the counterintuitive responses of the system to existing management strategies. The process of thinking in syste...
Craig A Payne
Craig A Payne
A system is a set of interconnected elements that are organized in such a way to achieve a purpose. Structure and feedback are fundamental properties of all systems and determine system behavior-whether successful or failed. Systems thinkin...
R M Thornsberry,A F Kertz,James K Drackley
R M Thornsberry
Daniel B Cummings,Nathan F Meyer,Douglas L Step
Daniel B Cummings
Raising young dairy calves presents many challenges for producers and veterinarians including losses attributable to BRD. This article will discuss several key concepts for practitioners to consider when applying evidence-based medicine for...
David Renaud,Bart Pardon
David Renaud
Surplus male dairy calves experience significant health challenges after arrival at the veal and dairy beef facilities. To curb these challenges, the engagement of multiple stakeholders is needed starting with improved care on some dairy fa...
James Grothe,R M Thornsberry
James Grothe
The transition for the calf from the milk-feeding phase to the grouping and dry feed feeding phase is the second most difficult time for a calf, with the most difficult life phase being parturition and the first day of life. Reducing these ...
Rich Larson
Rich Larson
The development of modeling concepts with the 2001 NRC (National Research Council Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle represented a big step toward understanding and applying the underlying mechanisms associated with young calf growth. Fa...
A F Kertz
A F Kertz
There are a variety of feeding programs that can meet the goal of doubling calf birth weight at the end of 2 months of life. Feeding programs need to take into account the inverse relationship between mil/milk replacer and starter intakes. ...
Christopher C L Chase
Christopher C L Chase
Vaccination is an important component for the prevention and control of disease in calves. Too often vaccines are viewed as a catch-all solution for management and nutrition errors; the "best" vaccine can never overcome these deficiencies. ...