Principle: Feed a minimum of 4 quarts of colostrum within 12 hours after birth
| Collect and
process colostrum |
Prepare colostrum
to feed |
Feed colostrum | Record immunization
information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 Milk and co-mingle 1st milk from fresh cows 2x/day. | 2.1 Warm freshest colostrum when calf is born. | 3.1 Feed by suckling for 15 minutes. | 4.1 Record date and hour. |
| 1.2 Measure with colostrometer. | 2.2 Bring calf to barn to dip navel | 3.2 Force-feed by esophageal feeder after 15 min. | 4.2 Record dam and calf Id. |
| 1.3 Store in nipple bottles (refrigerate). | 4.3 Record feeder. | ||
| 1.4 Date bottles. |
Reprinted with permission from Dairy Head Management/January 1998