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The key to success at calving time
Thursday 24 November 2022
Third generation dairy farmer Rod Ker, Justinlees Farm, Dumfries is using the JFC calf isolation unit as a key tool during his calving season.
The isolation unit is the ideal solution to managing newborn or sick calves on farm. A safe, warm and draught free environment allows the calf to quickly get to its feet and move on to the calf housing facilities. Fitted with a heat lamp allowing you to give extra attention to weaker calves needing warmth to thrive. With brackets to hold two buckets, you can closely monitor feed and milk intake of any sick calves....
The isolation unit is the ideal solution to managing newborn or sick calves on farm. A safe, warm and draught free environment allows the calf to quickly get to its feet and move on to the calf housing facilities. Fitted with a heat lamp allowing you to give extra attention to weaker calves needing warmth to thrive. With brackets to hold two buckets, you can closely monitor feed and milk intake of any sick calves....
Third generation dairy farmer Rod Ker, Justinlees Farm, Dumfries is using the JFC calf isolation unit as a key tool during his calving season.
The isolation unit is the ideal solution to managing newborn or sick calves on farm. A safe, warm and draught free environment allows the calf to quickly get to its feet and move on to the calf housing facilities. Fitted with a heat lamp allowing you to give extra attention to weaker calves needing warmth to thrive. With brackets to hold two buckets, you can closely monitor feed and milk intake of any sick calves.
‘If a calf is not 100% and not up and sucking immediately, we get the calf under the heat lamp. We monitor exactly what we are putting into that calf, especially in the first 24 hours of a calf’s life, it is very important. Coupled with a calf jacket we can keep calves warm in the worst of weather,’ comments Rod Ker.
The base of the unit includes a removeable slatted floor which allows any faeces to drain through into a separate tray below. Diseases such as crypto are highly contagious, one infected calf can shed billions of oocytes (eggs), but a healthy calf only needs to ingest approximately 10 to become infected. The tray allows you to contain the potential infectious faeces and dispose of accordingly, assisting with disease management.
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The isolation unit is the ideal solution to managing newborn or sick calves on farm. A safe, warm and draught free environment allows the calf to quickly get to its feet and move on to the calf housing facilities. Fitted with a heat lamp allowing you to give extra attention to weaker calves needing warmth to thrive. With brackets to hold two buckets, you can closely monitor feed and milk intake of any sick calves.
‘If a calf is not 100% and not up and sucking immediately, we get the calf under the heat lamp. We monitor exactly what we are putting into that calf, especially in the first 24 hours of a calf’s life, it is very important. Coupled with a calf jacket we can keep calves warm in the worst of weather,’ comments Rod Ker.
The base of the unit includes a removeable slatted floor which allows any faeces to drain through into a separate tray below. Diseases such as crypto are highly contagious, one infected calf can shed billions of oocytes (eggs), but a healthy calf only needs to ingest approximately 10 to become infected. The tray allows you to contain the potential infectious faeces and dispose of accordingly, assisting with disease management.