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Monday, September 1, 2025
Resilient calves: Enhancing gut health and mitigating heat stress
By recognising the unique vulnerabilities of young calves, producers can implement targeted interventions that enable them to withstand climaterelated challenges, build resilience, and support overall health until maturity.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Murdorch University programme achieves first calves of Nguni cattle in Western Australia
Murdoch University has welcomed the first calves in an innovative new breeding and research program, marking the introduction of the Nguni cattle breed to Western Australia.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
New project in Europe to allow longer times spent between newborn dairy calves and mothers
A new cross-European project aimed at transforming the dairy sector has been launched in 14 different countries, to facilitate a longer duration of time spent between newborn dairy calves and their mothers, otherwise referred to as the Cow- ...
Friday, July 5, 2024
Under two million cattle calves born in Ireland this year as of June 28
The number of cattle calves born this year in Ireland, as of June 28, has fallen by over 34,500 head, according to the latest figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
IoT technologies enable early diagnosis of bovine respiratory disease in dairy calves
A study conducted by researchers from Penn State, University of Kentucky, and University of Vermont has demonstrated that the use of precision technologies based on the "internet of things" (IoT) can lead to the early detection of calf-kill ...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Iraq now open to Canada's frozen beef products from calves under 30 months old
Canadian frozen beef products from calves under 30 months old can now be sold to Iraq.
Monday, March 6, 2023
Strong start for Ireland's export of calves in first seven weeks of 2023
The first seven weeks of 2023 has seen a strong start to Ireland's calf export numbers, with just over 13,000 calves exported as of February 19.
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Teagasc director calls for end to slaughtering of unwanted male dairy calves in Ireland
The director of Irish agri-food authority Teagasc said that the practice of slaughtering unwanted male dairy calves in Ireland must be eliminated.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
LifeStart Sets Life Performance - An ongoing trial on dairy calves
Many researchers have shown the positive effects of elevated levels of pre-weaning nutrition in dairy calves on growth, health, fertility, future lifetime production and culling rate. Trouw Nutrition's LifeStart research programme f ...
Friday, January 15, 2021
Feeding of brewers' yeast derivatives in calves enables excellent start in life
Due to their immature immune system calves are very susceptible to intestinal and respiratory diseases in the first weeks of life. Challenges, e.g. adverse climate conditions or social stress promote proliferation of infectious agents such ...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Reinforcing calves immunity and improving gut microbiota balance to safeguard health and performance
The digestive tract of calves, as other young ruminants, is particularly sensitive to challenges. Indeed, during the first months of life, their digestive tract undergoes significant and extensive changes as it evolves from its initial mono ...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Weaning management of beef calves with implications for animal health and welfare
Weaning is a necessary husbandry practice in which nutritional, social, physical and psychological stressors are imposed on the beef calf causing alterations in behavioural and physiological responses. The present paper is a review of studi ...
Friday, July 31, 2020
Registered beef calves in Wales increase 4.2% in Jan.-May, highest rate in 5 years
Beef calves registered in Wales increased 4.2% to 135,174 in January-May, compared with the same period last year, according to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), Farmers Weekly reported.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Registrations of beef calves in Scotland increase 5% year-on-year
Scotland has seen a 5% rise year-on-year in beef calf registrations, with a growing number of these being native breeds, The Courier reported.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Wales reported 0.7% drop in total beef and dairy calves
Data from the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) showed total beef and dairy calves in Wales hit 379,800 head in 2019. 0.7% lower compared to the year prior, reported Denbighshire Free Press.

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