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Adolescent Heifer Housing - 3rd in a Series: Proper housing for the adolescent management group is crucial to rounding out your replacement rearing facilities |
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Author: Gooch |
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State: NY Year: 2001 |
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Excerpt: Four primary housing options exist for housing post-transitional heifers: gated bedded pack shelter, gated freestall shelter, gated counter-slope shelter, & gated mono-slope shelter.
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Basics of Calf Housing |
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Author: Quigley |
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State: US Year: 1997 |
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Excerpt: The VICE rule - ventilation, isolation, comfort, & economy can be applied to any calf housing system. There are many ways to house & manage preweaned calves, & all can be successful if they follow the above guidelines.
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Bedding in Calf Hutches |
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Author: Quigley |
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State: US Year: 1997 |
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Excerpt: Outdoor calf hutches are a major source of adult houseflies & stable flies on many dairy farms. Factors associated with reduced fly populations: use of wood shavings, producers did not allow formation of a bedded pack, straw not used for bedding …
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Benefits of Calf Hutches for Housing Young Dairy Calves |
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Author: Quigley |
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State: US Year: 1999 |
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Excerpt: Isolating young dairy calves for the first 8 to 12 weeks of life is important to minimizing transfer of pathogens & consequent disease & death. Hutch are effective in reducing the risk of an infectious organism causing disease.
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Existing Facilities for Replacement Housing - 4th in a Series, Providing a conducive environment for housing heifers may be possible in older facilities |
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Author: Gooch |
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State: NY Year: 2001 |
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Excerpt: Initial Questions to Ask. Suitability of the Existing Old Barn: Structural Integrity, Adequate Heifer Environment (resting area, feed & water, ventilation, place to restrain & handle heifers, other needs). Renovation example.
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Housing & behavior revisited |
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Author: Quigley |
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State: US Year: 2002 |
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Excerpt: There are many situations where individual housing will improve animal welfare by reducing disease. Remember, it is the ultimate insult to the welfare of the animal if it is exposed to conditions where it gets sick & dies.
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Newborn Housing for Dairy Calves - 1st in a Series, Your dairy’s future success begins with healthy calves raised in the right environment |
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Author: Gooch |
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State: NY Year: 2000 |
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Excerpt: Housing Alternatives for the Newborn Management Group: Individual Calf Hutches, Plastic & Fabric Covered Arch-Frame Structures, Open Front Structures with Individual Pens, Central Drive-Through Feed Delivery Shelters with Individual Pens
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Transition Housing for Heifers - 2nd in a Series, House post-weaned calves properly to keep them healthy & growing efficiently |
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Author: Gooch |
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State: NY Year: 2000 |
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Excerpt: Two predominate housing options exist which meet all transition calf needs & provide an excellent environment: super hutch & transition shelter (a naturally ventilated, 3-sided post-frame structure with minimum of 18 to 24 calves).
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