This document discusses management practices for calves, including neonatal calf care after birth, colostrum feeding, housing and environment, weaning, disease management, and vaccinations. Specifically, it emphasizes the importance of neonatal care like checking vital signs at birth, feeding colostrum in the first 24 hours to provide antibodies, providing a stress-free environment for housing, and vaccinating to protect calves due to their immature immune systems. The goal of these practices is to reduce calf mortality rates and support healthy development.

1. Management practices for
calves
By: Sajjad laghari
2k17-AV-22

2. Calf management includes
 Neonatal calf care (Just after birth)
 Colostrum feeding
 Housing and environment
 Weaning
 Diseases management
 Vaccinations

3. Neonatal calf care (Just after
birth)
 Almost 75% mortality happens within first hour of
parturition.
 Therefore immediately after the calf is born few
tasks must be takes place.
 First access the vital organs of calf to ensure it is
alive.
 Check its breathing.
 Heart rate and movement.
 Clear the calf’s air passageway for normal
breathing by the help of straw or fingers.

4. Colostrum feeding
 Calves are borned with few or no antibodies with
immature immune system.
 Full immune system develops within five to eight
months
 Due to weak immune system calves are more
susceptable to harmful pathogens and diseases,
 In order to inhance immune system colosrum
feeding is important because it contains
antibodies.
 Feeding colostrum throughout first 24 hours ideal
to ensure they received many immunoglobulins

5. Housing and environment
 Stress free environment
 Physical and behaviour comfort
 Cleanliness should be maintained
 Should be housed seprately to avoid disease
transmission
 Well ventilation
 Thermal comfort calves should be kept in
environment which is neither too hot nor too cold.
 Feed and water should be easily accessable.

6. Weaning
 Weaning is a critical point in calf’s life because the
amount of stress occurs during this period.
 Weaning is suggested when calf is able to eat one
kg of feed daily.

7. Diseases management
 Due to poor immune system calves may be affected
by many diseases.
 Diarrhea and scours are most common diseases
which occurs in less then 30 days of age.
 There are few vaccines which preventing diarrhea.
 Immunity from colostrum is most effective to
protect calves.

8. Vaccinations
 Due to calf’s immature immune system effective
vaccination is essential.
 Vaccines are administered intranasal because nasal
passage is major pathway for entry of pathogens.
 Different vaccines are given for that diseases which
are mostly occur in younge calves.

9. Thank you