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Weaning and postweaning management of dairy replacement heifers
Author(s) -
Sherwin Virginia,
Remnant John
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.k4889
Subject(s) - weaning , zoology , scope (computer science) , dairy cattle , business , agricultural science , biology , computer science , programming language
Heifer rearing represents approximately 20 per cent of a dairy farm's total cost, but it is often an area with many potential inefficiencies. There is a lot of scope for veterinarians to be involved in the management of postweaning heifers to help drive performance improvement on dairy farms. This article discusses preparing for weaning, the weaning process and postweaning management of the replacement dairy heifer.