Introduction
Well-grown dairy calves and heifers play an important role in the future success of all dairy farms. Being able to efficiently raise replacement dairy heifers or create an effective working relationship with a contracted dairy heifer grower is crucial to raising replacements that improve the performance of the dairy herd for years to come.
Choose one of the following subcategories to view in-depth articles and fact sheets about dairy calf and dairy heifer management.
Management Systems
- Assessing Existing Facilities for Replacement Housing
- Economic Issues Associated with Raising Dairy Replacements
- Heifer Economics
- Heifer Growth Monitor Spreadsheet Series
- Heifer Management Blueprints: Heifers and Feed Bunk Management
- Heifer Management Blueprints: Unique Aspects of Managing Dairy Heifers in Free Stall Barns
- Labor Management for Heifer Rearing
- Manual for GROWTH MONITOR
- Monitoring Dairy Heifer Growth
- Newborn Housing for Dairy Calves
- Raising Dairy Replacements:Heifer Fundamentals
- The Economics of Heifer Raising Options
Birth to Weaning
Health
- Calf Diseases and Prevention
- Colostrum Supplements and Replacer
- Early Identification of Sick Calves Important to Their Survival and Future Milk Production
- Electrolytes for Dairy Calves
- Role of Facility Design and Ventilation on Calf Health
Feeding Equipment
- Cleaning Milk Equipment, Yet Again!
- Technology & Nutritional Needs of Milk-Fed Calves
- To Wash or Not to Wash: Who Knows the Answer?
- Using Bleach as a Germicide for Manual Washing Feeding Equipment
Nutrition
- Application of New Technologies in Functional Proteins for Feeding Calves
- Early Weaning Strategies
- Feeding Pre-Weaned Calves for Future Production
- Feeding the Newborn Dairy Calf
- Managing Dairy Calves and Heifers During the Winter Months
- Milk Replacer Costs and Your Options
- Pasteurizing Milk and Colostrum
- Raising Dairy Replacements:Calf Nutrition
Weaning to Six Months
- Applied Calf Research from Birth to Six Months
- Feeding Strategies for Post-Weaned Dairy Heifers, 2 to 6 months of age
- Transition Housing for Heifers
Six Months Until Breeding
Breeding to Pre-fresh
- Heifer Management Blueprints: Distillers Grains for Dairy Heifers
- Heifer Management Blueprints: Energy Requirements of Dairy Heifers in Wisconsin Environments
- Reproductive Management Systems for Artificial Insemination of Dairy Heifers
- Strategies to Improve Feed Efficiency in Dairy Replacement Heifer Feeding Programs
