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The 10th Meeting of Dairy Club (Joint Venture of Alltech and UVAS) was held on Tuesday Feb 7, 2012 at Syndicate Room UVAS. Following was the agenda of meeting:

Agenda

1: Dr. Muhammad Afzal –(UVAS)
Topic : Better calf rearing options & tips

2: Dr. Hafiz Ehsanullah Khan(UVAS)
Topic: Milk Replacer for Buffalo Calves (He couldn’t come to deliver the lecture due to some emergency)

 

Dr. Shahzad Naveed Jadoon opened the forum and explained the agenda of meeting.

Dr. Muhammad Afzal delivered a lecture on “Better calf rearing options & tips”. During his lecture he discussed on:

  1. Importance of Colostrum
  2. Absorption of antibodies
  3. How to detect immunity Transfer?
  4. Rumen Development
  5. Housing
  6. Feeding
  7. Calf Starter
  8. Intensive Milk Replacer Feeding Program
  9. Calf starter
  10. Faecal Scoring
  11. Rumen Development  in Early Weaned Holstein Calves Fed Different Types of DDGS

He completed his lecture with following take home messages:

  1. Feed 3-4 L of Colostrum after birth
  2. Milk or Milk replacer @ 10% of Birth B.W
  3. Keep MR Program feeding simple
  4. Maintain Temperature of liquid feed
  5. Quality Calf starter ad libitum right from start
  6. Water ad libitum
  7. Proper Health Monitoring  (Fecal Scoring)
  8. www.calfnotes.com

 

Note: PowerPoint presentation of the lecture is available on Dairy Club website (http://uvas.edu.pk/society-club/dairy_club/useful-links.htm).

Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha also shared some information on his visits to the dairy farms in USA. He told that mortality of calves has been controlled at modern farms. He discouraged the use of Maize Gluten Meal in calf starter diet as there is big risk of mycotoxins and at his age this can be a big challenge particularly in terms of immunity.

Dr. Shahzad Naveed Jadoon summarized the meeting discussion. Schedule for next meeting was decided with the consent of all participants.

Next Meeting Schedule: 

Date: 05 March, 2012
Day: Monday
Time: 05:00p.m
Venue: Syndicate Room, UVAS, Lahore

Dr. Muhammad Zafar Ullah Khan
Business Development Manager
Alltech Pakistan