Ralph Ferreira

The above topics are most interesting and pass invaluable information not found in text-books. The information though does not only apply to Jersey cattle. A trick used in beef cows is to take the calves away for 24hrs (stop milking for one day - loss of income for the dairy or is it!) Nutrition is of course VERY important and the animal should be on a rising plane of nutrition and be healthy an ...

I found the article to be most informative and most definitely something our local nutritionists should be paying more attention to when formulating rations. Stress in any form is most debilitating and we do not pay enough attention to the underlying causes in our different animal production systems. Thank you Kind regards Ralph