Mother-bonded and fostered calf rearing is attracting growing interest in practice.
Solution
More and more dairy farmers are seeking to extend the time that calves have with their mothers for longer than just a few hours while still milking the cows. This extended time allows the cow and her calf to experience a closer and more natural relationship. The methods and lessons learned from livestock farmers experienced in mother-bonded and fostered calf rearing were collected and are made available to others in this technical guide.
Description
This technical guide describes the natural relationship between the cow and her calf and draws conclusions for the species-appropriate rearing of calves. From the variety of possible systems of mother-bonded and fostered calf rearing, 11 selected methods are presented with practical examples.
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