Care and  management of Pre-ruminant calves

• Birth to 5 days vital for their later growth and development of the body organs.
• Maintain Sanitation and disinfection
• Resistance to diseases is one of the pre-requisites for best performance.
• Immunoglobulin antibodies acts against antigens
• Colostral gamma globulins are absorbed through epithelial tissues of abomasum and gut upto 24 hours after birth.

Colostrum feeding

• Colostrums contains higher level of TS, ash, cl, casein, albumin, globulins, NPN constituents.
• Colostrums is also rich in Ca, Mg, Fe, P, Vit. A, D, and E.
• The calves immediately after birth should be fed half liter colostrum within 2 hours.
• Feeding 1/10th of its body weight be continued upto 5 days.
• If no. Castor oil along with ½ lit. of whole milk should be given thrice a day for first 3-5 days.

Milk Feeding

• One 10th of body weight
• Optimum gain per day 500gm per day.
• Minimum period of whole ,ilk feeding 2 weeks
• Care in feeding milk

–body temperature 390c

–Utensils clean and sterilized

–Frequency of feeding twice daily

Feeding calf starter

• Due to insufficiency of milk.
• Ideal starter should be 20% DCP and 70% TDN.
• It is mixture of grains, legumes, minerals, vitamins and antibiotics