Assessing Herd Performance in Relation to Replacement Rearing

Abstract

Replacement rearing involves most of the general herd health and production control programs instituted for the milking herd, i.e., nutrition, reproduction, disease control (vaccinations), ventilation, calving management, parasite control and even mastitis prevention, as well as more specific management areas such as colostrum management, pinkeye prevention and treatment of calf related diseases.