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Calf

Prioritising the future of your herd and looking closely at your youngstock housing should be at the forefront of every farmer's mind.

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Get the environment inside your housing right, and you will have healthy, happy calves that will perform well.

A calf's ability to maintain a steady body temperature develops during the first eight weeks of life.

Regardless of the housing system, a newborn calf will feel cold when the temperature drops below 10–15°C. By the time it is four weeks old, a healthy calf can tolerate a wider range of ambient temperatures. 

On this webinar, you will hear from David Ball from AHDB and Sophie Mahendran from The Royal Veterinary College for a discussion on how to create and monitor the ambient environment inside your own calf housing.

Join us to learn more about

  • The role of humidity and temperature in calf housing
  • Dealing with cold or heat stress in the calf environment
  • Factors that can increase humidity
  • Ways to monitor your own calf housing environment

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