More and more farms have made the switch from feeding calves individually to group autofed systems. However, disease detection in group-housed calves remains a challenge. Researchers from the University of Guelph recently published a study in the Journal of Dairy Science that examined how feeding behaviour data could be used to aid in the detection of neonatal calf diarrhea (NCD), bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and general disease, in preweaning group-housed calves being fed via an automated milk feeder.
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The new challenge of crate-free farrowing housing for sows
By Emma Fàbrega Romans for Pig333.com
One of the current challenges facing the swine production industry is to develop alternative housing systems rather than farrowing crates, which have become the most widely used housing system worldwide.
Industry statistics suggest keeping lambs alive as soon as they are born is no easy feat. Almost 50% of total lamb losses occur in the first 48 hours of life with a further 11% coming to an early demise 2-14 days post lambing. So how can you improve lamb survival rates in your flock?
