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Monitoring Calf Growth Rates

Johanna Marsden BVSc MRCVS, Molecare Farm Vets In calf rearing, Daily Live Weight Gain (DLWG) is one of the most significant indicators of overall performance. Whether rearing dairy or beef calves it is important that they grow efficiently to meet their target bulling weights or finishing weights on time. Standard targets are a pre-weaning DLWG […]

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Weaning and Growth in Lambs

Stephanie Patel BVetMed MRCVS With the growing concern around the global impact of farming and the production of farm animals on the environment, the topic of efficient production is even more important to ensure we are doing what we can to reduce our carbon footprint. Efficient growth in our animals, and in particular our lambs, […]

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