Colostrum is key to keep calf mortality under 3%

Moorepark researchers estimate that calf mortality ranges from 3% to 15% on Irish dairy farms. They say that the target for good calf rearing should be less than 3% mortality.

Calves are born without a developed immune system, and depend entirely on antibodies from colostrum to gain adequate immunity, until they develop their own immune system at three or four weeks of age.

Colostrum key to health