CALF MORTALITY: CAUSES AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS

J.V. PATEL¹*, Y.A. DESAI², H.D. CHAUHAN³, M.M. TRIVEDI⁴, R.J. MODI^5
1Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
²Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
³Department of Animal Science, C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
⁴Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
⁵Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : drjigarvet@gmail.com

Received : 02-11-2022     Accepted : 27-11-2022     Published : 30-11-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 11       Pages : 11834 - 11837
Int J Agr Sci 14.11 (2022):11834-11837

Keywords : Age, Calves, Colostrum, Housing, Mortality
Academic Editor : Dr R. S. Umakanth
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India and Department of Animal Science, C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Calf mortality is one of the major problems of calf rearing on dairy farms worldwide. Dairying is becoming one of the most important parts of the livestock sector, where calves are the future herd of a dairy farm in India. The health and management of replacement animals is an important component of total herd benefits. However, calf mortality is an important factor in profitability and productivity in the success of dairy production. Different researchers have also evaluated numerous determinant factors in calf mortality. In addition to calf diseases, calf risk factors such as age and sex, dam risk factors such as parity and birth type, poor management, and environmental factors like calving, colostrum feeding time, and amount, poor housing, and herd size were also reported as determinants of calf mortality. However, many studies on calf mortality focus on risk factors at the individual (calf) level and herd-level risk factors for disease. Most of those recently listed studies were mostly concentrated on government research centers and central parts of the country, which are less relevant to the smallholder farming system. Therefore, a further study based on specific causes of disease and associated risk factors and its economic significance in a production system is required

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