Minnesota State Fair will prohibit nursing dairy cows at Miracle of Birth over bird flu risk The spread in cattle herds of H5N1, often called bird flu, has ramped up biosecurity measures for livestock ...

The first milk from a cow is critical to a calf’s ability to fight disease and infection, and it also reduces calf loss ...

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A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...

The Busch family also records individual udder scores at calving. When tagging the calf, they observe and score the cow’s ...