Students learn importance of young stock management
Monday, 5 December 2011
To make agricultural students aware of the importance of young stock management, the teachers of the Lycée Technique Agricole visited the Dairyman pilot farm Leider for a practice lesson. The students measured the heart girth perimeters of all young stock and established growth curves of the herd by converting perimeter (cm) into body weight (kg). After analyzing the results they discovered a problem of daily body weight gain during early calf age probably due to diarrhea. Scheduling a next assessment for this age group will clarify whether this sanitary problem is hiding other calf rearing problems.
