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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

A Framework for Comprehensive Dairy Calf Health Investigations.

Kristen Y Edwards, David L Renaud

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The potential of yeast culture for alleviating enterotoxigenicAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kristen Y EdwardsDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0009-0003-0298-3477
David L RenaudDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3439-3987

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this narrative review is to provide a systematic framework for veterinarians to investigate dairy calf health, focusing on critical control points and key performance indicators (KPIs) to address morbidity and mortality challenges in preweaned calves. Recommendations target prenatal maternal nutrition, heat stress abatement, and optimal calving management to minimize risks associated with perinatal mortality and preweaning morbidity. Further, comprehensive colostrum management is discussed to ensure excellent transfer of passive immunity, which includes prompt collection and feeding within two hours of birth at a volume of 8.5-10% of calf body weight. Nutritional guidance emphasizes the importance of transition milk and feeding higher planes of nutrition to support immunity, with recommendations that milk total solids exceed 10% to meet energy needs. Environmental management recommendations include a minimum of 3.3 m

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colostrumdiarrheaheiferpreweanedrespiratory diseaseveterinary

Identifiers

PMID39858181
PMCPMC11758631

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