Treating sick calves with non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) can improve outcomes and is considered best practice ...

OAD feeding can significantly help this process of weaning and it can also help considerably with the workload at this time ...

Calf disbudding is carried out, with animals kept conscious in purpose-built restraint crates. The process uses local ...

There are very few farmers who enjoy the process of disbudding calves. That is why many farmers opt for an Aberdeen Angus bull or a polled Hereford bull when using beef straws after dairy artificial ...

Disbudding and dehorning calves is a necessity for both the safety of cattle and their human handlers. But any way you do it, disbudding will cause pain—and there is some evidence that sensitivity at ...

“Calves experience pain no matter how young they are and pain control is needed at all ages and with all methods. Nevertheless, disbudding is recommended early in life, before 8 weeks of age, to avoid ...

The skull is also very thin and, in addition, many conventional calf disbudding irons do not have a large enough head to remove the bud and surrounding germinative soft tissue effectively. Disbudding, ...

Cows are violently kicked, punched, and struck with pipes and electric goads at a dairy farm supplying a company that sells ...