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Overhaul of calf rearing after Mycoplasma bovis causes spike in mortality

As part of GB calf week farmers were invited to a webinar to hear how simple management changes on a dairy farm helped cut calf mortality

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Overhaul of calf rearing after Mycoplasma bovis causes spike in mortality

Warwickshire dairy farmer Charles Goadby witnessed firsthand the cost implications when things go wrong in a calf-rearing enterprise when health issues in his youngstock saw 30 per cent of the calves being...

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