Here are all the Calf Notes in chronological order.
- Calf Note #01 – Colostrum Feeding – To Nurse or Not to Nurse
- Calf Note #02 – Colostrum Feeding – How Much is Enough?
- Calf Note #03 – A primer on colostral immunoglobulins
- Calf Note #04 – Water, Water Everywhere…
- Calf Note #05 – Rumen bacteria in calves
- Calf Note #06 –Methods of feeding liquid to calves
- Calf Note #07 –Group feeding calves (mob & computer feeders)
- Calf Note #08 – Can I use waste milk for my calves?
- Calf Note #09 – When is a calf ready to wean?
- Calf Note #10 – Calf Starter Quality
- 11 – Timing of colostrum feeding
- 12 – Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidosis
- 13 – Freezing and thawing colostrum
- 14 – Navel disinfection
- 15 – Ig absorption and respiratory acidosis
- 16 – Stress at weaning
- 17 – Coccidiosis – A technical review
- 18 – Using colostral supplements
- 19 – Does hay develop the rumen?
- 20 – Ingredients for rumen development
- 21 – Feeding scouring calves
- 22 – Using the colostrometer to measure colostrum quality
- 23 – Soy proteins in milk replacers
- 24 – The needle vs. the shovel
- 25 – Reducing fly populations in calf hutches
- 26 – What is the Bovine Alliance on Management & Nutrition?
- 27 – How calf starter intake drives rumen development
- 28 – Can I feed calves once a day?
- 29 – Supplemental fat in liquid diets
- 30 – Basics of calf housing
- 31 – Microbial protein synthesis in the rumen
- 32 – Coccidiostats in calf starters
- 33 – Measures of milk replacer quality
- 34 – Intestinal mucins
- 35 – Risks of using waste milk
- 36 – Vitamin E in colostrum
- 37 – New trends in milk replacer management
- 38 – The 18 pound rule of colostrum feeding
- 39 – Using the refractometer
- 40 – Cost of milk vs. milk replacer
- 41 – Antibiotics in milk replacers
- 42 – What are scours?
- 43 – Electrolytes for scouring calves
- 44 – Fat levels in milk replacers
- 45 – Vitamin A in milk replacer
- 46 – Delays in colostrum feeding – effects on bacterial load
- 47 – Palatability of calf starters
- 48 – Rumen motility
- 49 – Red blood cell protein in calf milk replacers
- 50 – Colostral leukocytes
- 51 – Colostrum from Johnes positive cows
- 52 – Colostrum protein as a source of nutrition for the newborn calf
- 53 – Milk replacer ingredients and labels
- 54 – Insulin in colostrum
- 55 – Blood BHBA in calves
- 56 – Benefits of calf hutches for housing young dairy calves
- 57 – The need to feed colostrum
- 58 – Predicting calf starter intake in Holstein calves
- 59 – Environmental effects on calf feeding – basic concepts
- 60 – Transfer of immunoglobulins to the intestine
- 61 – Effect of nutrient intake on growth in beef calves
- 62 – Refractometers, FPT and age of calves
- 63 – What is rumen abrasive value?
- 64 – Does housing method influence calf behavior?
- 65 – Dietary cation-anion balance in dairy calves
- 66 – Chemical treatment of colostrum
- 67 – An update on colostral IgG
- 68 – Predicting water intake in young calves
- 69 – Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle
- 70 – Glutamine and soy proteins in milk replacers
- 71 – NRC energy requirements for calves fed milk or milk replacer
- 72 – NRC energy requirements for calves fed milk or milk replacer plus starter
- 73 – Colostrum & Antibiotic residue testing
- 74 – Colostrum & growth of calves
- 75 – Egg protein in calf milk replacers
- 76 – Ig and biological safety
- 77 – Methods of feeding water
- 78 – Prestarters and rumen development
- 79 – A story about Pepe
- 80 – Clostridium in calves
- 81 – Colostrum supplements vs. colostrum replacers
- 82 – Housing and behavior revisited
- 83 – Using the esophageal feeder to administer colostrum
- 84 – Accelerated feeding #1 – current feeding programs
- 85 – Accelerated feeding #2 – limitations of current programs
- 86 – Egg in milk replacers – an update
- 87 – Calf feeding programs and control of brucellosis and tuberculosis
- 88 – Feeding calves for health – Introduction
- 89 – Evaluating the use of antibiotic alternatives
- 90 – Iron binding antimicrobial proteins
- 91 – Probiotics in calf feeding programs
- 92 – Antibodies & passive transfer – Introduction
- 93 – NAHMS Dairy 2002 study
- 94 – Questions, anyone?
- 95 – Accelerated Feeding: What is your goal?
- 96 – Pasteurized colostrum
- 97 – BSE and calves
- 98 (Updated) – What is the true cost of waste milk?
- 99 – Dystocia and calf mortality
- 100 – A Primer on Calf Nutrition – Introduction
- 101 – A Primer on Calf Nutrition – Water
- 102 – A Primer on Calf Nutrition – Structure and Function of Carbohydrates
- 103 – Oligosaccharides as nutraceuticals for calves
- 104 – Variation in whey protein concentrate quality
- 105 – Prevalence of Cryptosporidium in calves
- 106 – Calves and antibiotic residues
- 107 – Corn processing, calf starters and rumen development
- 108 – Mycoplasma bovis in calves in California
- 109 – Molasses in calf starters
- 110 – Pasteurizing waste milk – an objective study
- 111 – Growth and health of calves housed on different bedding types
- 112 – Colostrum intake and milk production
- 113 – Rumen acidosis and rumen drinking in milk-fed calves
- 114 – What’s up with twins?
- 115 – Abomasal pH and milk feeding
- 116 – Oregano as a treatment for E. coli scours?
- 117 – Data protection
- 118 – Early management & later growth
- 119 – E coli shedding in calves fed milk replacer without and with antibiotics
- 120 – Heart girth tape and hipometer
- 121 – Added CMR feeding in cold weather
- 122 – Calculating ME in milk and milk replacers
- 123 – Cost of feeding milk replacer
- 124 – Accelerated liquid feeding and diarrhea
- 125 – Traps for controlling flies in greenhouses
- 126 – Colostrum quality and retained placenta
- 127 – What does P less than point 05 mean?
- 128 – A research checklist
- 129 – On-farm trials
- 130 – Regulation of tincture of iodine
- 131 – Bedding in cold weather barns
- 132 – Quality of drinking water
- 133 – Variation in colostrum composition
- 134 – Amino acids in milk replacers
- 135 – On methods of IgG analysis
- 136 – Colostrum proteins – more than just IgG
- 137 – Failure of passive transfer – effect of the calf
- 138 – Prolonged colostrum feeding and calf health
- 139 – An updated calculator (Version 1.0)
- 140 – Shades and sprinklers for Holstein heifers
- 141 – Further thoughts on colostrum variation
- 142 – New hope for Johne’s disease
- 143 – Prevalence of FPT in the U.S.
- 144 – Milk pasteurization – more is not always better
- 145 – A comment on calf welfare and the consumer
- 146 – Waste milk vs. milk replacer, revisited
- 147 – Controlling bedding pH and fly populations
- 148 – Supplementing waste milk
- 149 – Group housing and weaning strategies
- 150 – Consistency of milk feeding
- 151 – Colostrum somatic cells and calf health
- 152 – Effect of prepartum stress on IgG absorption in the newborn
- 153 – Know your additives!
- 154 – Factors affecting mortality on a NY calf ranch
- 155 – Day 2
- 156 – How much roughage?
- 157 – Direct fed microbials (probiotics) in calf diets (A BAMN PUBLICATION)
- 158 – Water for calves – cold or warm?
- 159 – Caring for your functional products
- Calf Note #160 – Variation in refrigerator temperatures
- Calf Note #161 – Nutrition during gestation affects growth of calves
- Calf Note #162 – Feeding antibiotics to calves and its effect on antimicrobial resistance
- Calf Note #163 – Bacteria in colostrum – how are we doing?
- Calf Note #164 – Effect of neonatal serum protein content on growth of calves
- Calf Note #165 – What drives growth?
- Calf Note #166 – Bias in decision making
- Calf Note #167 – Testing the lactocrine hypothesis in newborn calves
- Calf Note #168 – Where does the protein go?
- Calf Note 169 – What you do to mom…
- Calf Note #170 – Subacute rumen acidosis in calves
- Calf Note #171 – Immunity in Jersey calves
- Calf Note #172 – Effects of rumen acidosis on digestion in calves
- Calf Note #173 – Effects of rumen acidosis on digestion in calves
- Calf Note #174 – Putting out the fires
- Calf Note #175 – Insulin sensitivity in milk fed calves
- Calf Note #176 – SARA and calf health
- Calf Note #177 – The interaction of plane of nutrition and immunity in young dairy calves – a review
- Calf Note #178 – Probiotics for milk-fed calves
- Calf Note #179 – Effect of heat stress prepartum on basal metabolism of calves after birth
- Calf Note #180 – A milk production “penalty”
- Calf Note #181 – Colostrum Management on Jersey Farms
- Calf Note #182 – Injectable trace minerals and calf health
- Calf Note #183 – Refractometer and Jersey Colostrum
- Calf Note #184 – What are the odds?
- Calf Note #185 – Milk intake and dry feed type effects on growth
- Calf Note #186 – Serum total protein and colostrum replacers
- Calf Note #187 – BRIX Refractometer for serum IgG
- Calf Note #188 – Double Birth Body Weight – How Realistic?
- Calf Note #189 – Prepartum stress and calf productivity
- Calf Note #190 – Season of birth and heifer milk production
- Calf Note #191 – Quality of colostrum, health and intestinal development
- Calf Note #192 – Colostrum storage, bacterial contamination and serum IgG
- Calf Note #193 – Antibiotics in waste milk revisited
- Calf Note #194 – Does more “growth” equal more milk?
- Calf Note #195 – What goes around comes around…
- Calf Note #196 – Feeding waste milk. What’s the risk?
- Calf Note #197 – Beet pulp in calf starters
- Calf Note #198 – Colostrum fed by tube or bottle
- Calf Note #199 – A handy BRIX calculator
- Calf Note #200 – Pasteurizing colostrum – an update
- Calf Note #201 – Serum total protein and IgG
- Calf Note #202 – What’s in your starter?
- Calf Note #203 – Preweaning morbidity and mortality in the U.S.
- Calf Note #204 – Colostrum quality and passive immunity in calves in the U.S.
- Calf Note #205 – Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia on dairy farms in the U.S.
- Calf Note #206 – Adding electrolytes to milk or milk replacer
- Calf Note #207 – Waste milk for calves: opportunities and challenges
- Calf Note #208 – Management factors and respiratory disease in preweaned calves
- Calf Note #209 – How much energy is in my starter?
- Calf Note #210 – Methionine in the dry cow diet
- Calf Note #211 – Walking the farm, Part 1 – Introduction
- Calf Note #212 – Walking the farm, Part 2 – Calving area
- Calf Note #213 – Walking the farm, Part 3 – A calving area caveat
- Calf Note #214 – A BRIX table
- Calf Note #215 – Walking the farm, Part 4 – Storing colostrum
- Calf Note #216 – Walking the farm, Part 5 – calf hutches
- Calf Note #217 – New recommendations on passive immunity in dairy calves
- Calf Note #218 – Walking the farm, part 6 – digestion
- Calf Note #219 – Calf management in summer, part 1
- Calf Note #220 – Calf management in summer, part 2
- Calf Note #221 – Testing bacterial contamination in colostrum
- Calf Note #222 – Calf diarrhea affects future productivity
- Calf Note #223 – Changing digestibility of milk
- Calf Note #224 – Predicting dry feed intake in calves to 4 months of age
- Calf Note #225 – Factors affecting dry feed intake in calves
- Calf Note #226 – Volume of milk fed
- Calf Note #227 – Recent research on cryptosporidiosis, part 1
- Calf Note #228 – Recent research on cryptosporidiosis, part 2
- Calf Note #229 – Recent research on cryptosporidiosis, part 3
- Calf Note #230 – Further musings on dry feed intake
- Calf Note #231 – Recent research on cryptosporidiosis, part 4
- Calf Note #232 – Water intake in your calves, revisited
- Calf Note #233 – Colostrum feeding frequency
- Calf Note #234 – Supplementing colostrum
- Calf Note #235 – Milk replacer mixing – “into or onto”
- Calf Note #236 – The BRIX controversy
- Calf Note #237 – New NASEM requirements for calves
- Calf Note #238 – Amino acids for young calves, Part 1. Complexity
- Calf Note #239 – Amino acids for calves, Part 2. Amino acids in CMR
- Calf Note #240 – Amino acids for young calves, Part 3. Amino acids in calf starters
- Calf Note #241 – Amino acids for young calves, Part 4. Amino acids in microbial protein
- Calf Note #242 – Vitamin C in calf diets
- Calf Note #243 – Mineral and Vitamin Requirements for Calves, Part 1
- Calf Note #244 – Mineral and Vitamin Requirements for Calves, Part 2
- Calf Note #245 – Mineral and Vitamin Requirements for Calves, Part 3
- Calf Note #246 – EFSA Scientific Opinion on Welfare of Calves, Part 1
- Calf Note #247 – EFSA Scientific Opinion on Welfare of Calves, Part 2
- Calf Note #248 – IgY for challenged calves
- Calf Note #249 – Musings on cold weather
- Calf Note #250 – Feeding Electrolytes
- Calf Note #251 – Calves lose water in the heat
- Calf Note #252 – Oxytocin to Increase Colostrum Yield
- Calf Note #253 – Later Weaning Ages?
- Calf Note #254 – Maternal hypocalcemia and FPT in calves
- Calf Note #255 – Antibiotic resistance in newborn calves