Calf Rearing: A Practical Guide

(, Second Edition)

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This work provides information on growth, nutrition, health and behaviour with descriptions of various calf raising systems and facilities. It also covers calf welfare, post weaning management and calf communication. Practical economic information on feedstuffs, labour requirements and losses is provided to assist producers in selecting the most appropriate calf rearing system for their farms. This updated second edition includes improvements to existing calf rearing systems, important changes in recommendations for colostrum feeding, disease prevention, what to do with sick calves, dairy beef production, economics of calf rearing, and best management practice for raising dairy replacement heifers.

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John Moran is a retired Australian senior research and advisory scientist from Victoria's Department of Primary Industries. While working for DPI, he advised both farmers in southern Australia and dairy farmers and advisers in South and East Asia. His specialist fields include dairy production, ruminant nutrition, calf and heifer rearing, forage conservation and whole farm business management. He manages his consultancy firm, Profitable Dairy Systems, and has published over 200 research papers and advisory articles and five previous books on tropical dairy farming.