Criação de vitelos de leite. Maneio geral de vitelos de leite numa exploração agro-pecuária. Relatório de Estágio

• Autor(es): Martinho, Nádia Raquel dos Santos Semedo
• Data: 2015
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/10952
• Origem: Repositório da UTL
• Assunto(s): calf; management; colostrum; immunity; mortality
• Tipo de Documento: Dissertação de mestrado
• Idioma: Português
• Orientador(es): Freire, João Pedro Bengala; Basílio, Ricardo Miguel Lopes
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa

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Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica - Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Raising calves is an extremely important component in the life of a dairy farm because they are the future and it is intended to be the most profitable and productive as possible. The raising of well-developed nourished and healthy calves, with a low incidence of disease and mortality, should be the goal of the producer, achieved with minimal effort and cost. Proper management, well planned and executed, brings benefits not only economic in the short way, but in future farm productivity through the increases of milk production with the farm’s raising calves, thus reducing replacement costs. It’s necessary, to a strong and healthy grow, to provide the best conditions for their development, in the type of accommodation and hygiene. The newborn first weeks are the most critical and difficult of his life. More caution and vigilance must be increased to reduce the problems, disease and deaths. These animals have a weak immune system and the acquisition of immunity by the proper and timely ingestion of high quality colostrum is required. It’s with the development of a good an adequate calf management program with emphasis on colostrum management, good comfort and hygiene, the mortality, disease will decrease giving their contribute to the success of the farm