How to Wean a Calf with Little Stress

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Tip 1 - Low-Stress Weaning

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sylvia Diaz | permalink

Weaning is a stressful time for calves. This stress can contribute to reduced feed consumption, which means poor nutrition. It also can depress the immune system, leading to greater risk for sickness and death. Any opportunity to reduce the stress of weaning has the opportunity to contribute to improved health and performance of calves, both during and after the weaning period.

For further reading: http://igrow.org/livestock/beef/low-stress-weaning/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Wean Cattle

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sjra Puts | permalink

Weaning is the practice of separating calves from their source of milk, a stressful time on both cows and calves, as it is very traumatic in an environmental, psychological, and nutritional sense, especially for the calf. This article...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Wean-Cattle ^[2]