Cow based calf rearing as a strategy to reduce antimicrobial use in dairy production

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In a cow-calf system, the calf stays healthier on the dairy farm because it gets the milk fresh, warm, in sufficient quantity, and with all the intact immunoglobulins that the cow forms due to the germs present in the barn. Later the calves are in a group with other calves playing and are not at their mothers' side all day round. Concluding that calves can suckle alongside milking.