Newborn calf welfare: a review focusing on mortality rates.

摘要: Calf mortality control is vitally important for farmers, not only to improve animal welfare, but also increase productivity. High calf rates can be related larger numbers of calves in a herd, employee performance, severe weather, and the neonatal period covering first 4 weeks life. Although basic premise preventing newborn early detection treatment at risk failure passive transfer immunoglobulins, due infectious diseases such as acute diarrhea increases presence these physical psychological stressors. This suggests that farmers should ignore effects secondary environmental factors. For prevention rather than cure, quality environment improved, which will welfare paper presents review literature on discusses its productivity implications.