Disbudding calves can be a stressful job for both calf and farmer. In this six-step guide, vet, Sean Hughes, from Shropshire Farm Vets, takes us through how to disbud a calf correctly and safely, from ...

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Yalca, Vic, farmer Steven Dalitz, who started disbudding calves using sedation and long-term pain relief two years ago, says he would now never do it any other way.

Stress-free disbudding by a vet offers enhanced calf welfare, improved growth rates and frees up farm staff, says vet Philip Wilkinson of Paragon Veterinary Group. The increasing challenge of finding ...

Calf disbudding is a welfare-relevant invasive husbandry procedure. While it is widely recognized that disbudding elicits acute pain, its chronic consequences are currently unknown. Primary aim of ...

Dr. Heather Schlesser, a dairy expert from UW-Extension joined NewsChannel 7 at Noon on Friday to discussing dehorning and disbudding calves and why it's important to do so. Disbudding is removing the ...

Around 300 000 calves born yearly in Finland and most of them are disbudded (ie their hornbuds are destroyed) before 4 weeks of age using hot cauterization. Majority of Finnish producers do call ...

The practice of disbudding calves rather than dehorning them is growing in Australia as well as overseas, with New Zealand and United Kingdom among other countries encouraging the process.

New animal welfare legislation in Finland will most likely ban disbudding of calves without proper pain medication. However, hardly any research exist on the use of multi-modal sedatives on young ...

With the breeding season kicking off this week alongside Christmas, it's easy to disregard the few late autumn calvers.

Keeping groups of calves together, just like friendship groups in schools, is important, writes farm vet Hazell Mullins. Keeping groups of calves together, just like friendship groups in schools, is ...