UW-Extension Western WI Start Them Right…Raise Them Right – Calf Management Seminar

• UW-Extension Animal Well-being Specialist Amy Stanton on “Management of Group Housing”
• UW-Extension Oconto County Agriculture Agent Sarah Mills-Lloyd, DVM, on “Your Mother Was Right!  Cleanliness is Important to Calves”
• Vitaplus Dairy Youngstock Technical Specialist Noah Litherland on “Five Steps Towards a Proactive Approach to Achieving Greater Transition Calf Success”
• UW School of Veterinary Medicine Theresa Ollivett, DVM on “Thoracic Ultrasound and Bovine Respiratory Disease”.  Included in the meeting will be interactive sessions on manual and ultrasound calf respiratory scoring, calf sanitation audits and farm tours.
• Lightening Round Sessions with Dr. Larry Bauman, UWRF discussing “Veterinary Feeding Directive (VFD)” and Dr. Matt Akins, PhD, Marshfield Ag Research Station discussing “Updated ICPA Heifer Raising Costs”

Video: Cattle Feeding and Calving Strategies