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= 16 -- Seugos Cilio - Tuesday, 'April 23, 1996 a PTE RM & RURAL 'Many factors affect calf survival rate Area cow - calf producers will need to maximize their calf survival rate now in order to have to market thi§fal..A 100% calf crop wilkhelp boost gross income at sale time with the predicted drop in calf prices. Many factors can impact on calf surviyal. 'Factors includes hypothermia, starvation, post - dalving infections such as scours, birth trauma, dystocia (calving problems) © and cow nutrition prior to calving. Many of these factors can be avoided, by good management. Often weakness in calves can be, traced back to poor cow nutrition. The period during which calf crop percentage is affected most by rltrition extendg 30 .days prior to calving and re calves, for 70 days after calving. The cow's requirements for energy and protein increase by 20% in the last third of pregnahcy, as'it is a period of rapid fetal growth. Requirements for all nutrients increase dramatically following calving. Milk production requires large amounts of energy, = protein and calcium. It is a time for producers to bring out their best quality forage and if it is not available, 'then feeding some grain with their forage may be necessary. The best way to reduce post.- calving infections Wills Agri-Quip er Fencing Systems IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT US v YOU'RE MISSING A GREAT DEAL! Wholesale & Retail Supplies for Horses, Cate, Sheop, Der, elc. h Tensile Fence Systems & P: * Hock: * Electric Fen & Feeding System Components & Energizers * Fam Gales * Solar Energy Power Systems * Rotational Grazing Systems * Distributor for Quality Pressure. Treated Fence Posls such as scours, is to prevent calves from getting scours in the first place. Once again_this comes back to sounds managemen tices. Scours are a roblem 'when very young calves (less'than & week old) get sick. In only a few hours, these very young calves can lose so much body water that you won't be able to treat L,OMAFRA, them fast enough to prevent them from going into shock. w If you have a "scours problem-on your farm, you will*have to*check very young calves often to make sure they aren't too sick before you can treat them. Dr. Rob Tremblay, DVM, states that giving electrolytes is the most offective and most important treatment for scouring calves. Always have an electrolyte solution on hand. 'Be careful when buying electrolytes, 'that it is intended to treat calves with: diarrhea. Read the label, as therg are other types of ges for sale that are'intehded to be fed as supplements in water or milk replacer. They . may not have enough salts in them to be useful in treating scouring calves. Electrolytes should . be mixed4h warm watery not cold or hot water. Increasing the herd's calf survival rate is one of the first steps to increased profitability during this' current downside of the' ga - For more information o electrolyte treatment, contact OMAFRA, Port . Perry at 905 985 - 2003, Seed ordering, planting tips -. Spring is definitely here, and it is time to seriously start thinking of the varieties of flowers and vegetables you will grow in your garden this summer. Many recent issues of garden - related magazines list "names of . seed catalogues which you can send away for, most of which list a huge variety of seeds, plants and other gardening necessities. Local garden centres also sell seeds at this time of year. seeds, can be obtained in small quantities from seed companies outside Canada, live plants are subject to restrictions and will require a phytosanitary certificate (from Agriculture Canada) generous amount of seed, and ynless you have a large family or a huge garden, you will énd up with far too any plants to easily "handle. 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