FRANKLINVets Growing the perfect heifer team Dr llyse Jennens - BVSC (Dist) MANZCVS Need a Imagine for a moment you have the opportunity to set up the perfect team of heifers. What would they look like? What would they achieve when they join the herd? Imagine there were no barriers to grow that majority of calves and heifers I see are not in the perfect team. ANN Pets vet? So, what's the secret? It all begins at the start of each heifer's life (and in fact before) - setting up mum for calving: setting up the calving and calf housing environment to ensure it is warm, comfortable and clean; ensuring the first few hours of each calf's life is well managed with sufficient top-quality colostrum within a few hours of birth. From then on, ensuring enough high-quality feed and taking steps to prevent disease is essential to their growth and their health. Simple right? Commercial farm group from calves to fully grown two-year. Equine Lifestyle farm olds. How would you do it? What would the environment look like that they are raised in? What would you feed them? What would you do to protect them from disease? How would you know that they are succeeding? As a vet I see many different groups of heifers. In my eyes the "perfect heifer teams" I see appear visually the same height as the herd they join, they are in good condition with beautiful shiny coats and compete well with the herd. They have met their target live weight (90% mature live weight at 22 months) and go on to produce well (75% mature cow production) and get back in calf earlier and with a lower empty rate than the rest of the herd. Unfortunately, 79% of New Zealand's heifers calve below their target live weight and the average heifer is 9% below target. So the To help you grow your perfect heifer team we will be running a calf rearing seminar on Tuesday 18th May. Please RSVP to Waitakaruru on 07 868 9030. Pet Consults at Waitakaruru CALF REARING SEMINAR Mon & Wed 3-5pm VENUE: Netherton School Hall, 7 School Rd, Netherton DATE:Tuesday, I18ch May 2021 TIME: 9.45am - 1.00pm CST: FREE Our team of locally based vets are here to help 24/7. MORNING COFFEE & LUNCH PROVIDED Attend& Get ready for the calving season with presentations from: Franklin Vets MSD - Bovilis Rotavec Corona & Halocur" for Cryptosporidium in calves Ruminate - Nourish calf meal AgriVantage - Launchpad 18 colostrum & Sprayfo whey based calf milk replacers e in to WIN Ziegler & Brown KOPU 99 KOPU ROAD. 07 868 5007 (FARM & PETS) PAEROA 3 PUKE ROAD. 07 862 7295 (FARM & PETS) WAITAKARURU 563 STATE HWAY 25. 07 868 9030 (FARM & PETS) ALL OPEN MON - FRI 8AM - 5PM Proudly brought to you by: MSD Ruminate Agrivantage EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS VET SERVICES FRANKLINVets 07 88 9030 waakarurugs.con Please RSVP by Friday 14th May to Waitakaruru clinic www.FRANKLINVETS.CO.NZ FRANKLINVets Growing the perfect heifer team Dr llyse Jennens - BVSC (Dist) MANZCVS Need a Imagine for a moment you have the opportunity to set up the perfect team of heifers. What would they look like? What would they achieve when they join the herd? Imagine there were no barriers to grow that majority of calves and heifers I see are not in the perfect team. ANN Pets vet? So, what's the secret? It all begins at the start of each heifer's life (and in fact before) - setting up mum for calving: setting up the calving and calf housing environment to ensure it is warm, comfortable and clean; ensuring the first few hours of each calf's life is well managed with sufficient top-quality colostrum within a few hours of birth. From then on, ensuring enough high-quality feed and taking steps to prevent disease is essential to their growth and their health. Simple right? Commercial farm group from calves to fully grown two-year. Equine Lifestyle farm olds. How would you do it? What would the environment look like that they are raised in? What would you feed them? What would you do to protect them from disease? How would you know that they are succeeding? As a vet I see many different groups of heifers. In my eyes the "perfect heifer teams" I see appear visually the same height as the herd they join, they are in good condition with beautiful shiny coats and compete well with the herd. They have met their target live weight (90% mature live weight at 22 months) and go on to produce well (75% mature cow production) and get back in calf earlier and with a lower empty rate than the rest of the herd. Unfortunately, 79% of New Zealand's heifers calve below their target live weight and the average heifer is 9% below target. So the To help you grow your perfect heifer team we will be running a calf rearing seminar on Tuesday 18th May. Please RSVP to Waitakaruru on 07 868 9030. Pet Consults at Waitakaruru CALF REARING SEMINAR Mon & Wed 3-5pm VENUE: Netherton School Hall, 7 School Rd, Netherton DATE:Tuesday, I18ch May 2021 TIME: 9.45am - 1.00pm CST: FREE Our team of locally based vets are here to help 24/7. MORNING COFFEE & LUNCH PROVIDED Attend& Get ready for the calving season with presentations from: Franklin Vets MSD - Bovilis Rotavec Corona & Halocur" for Cryptosporidium in calves Ruminate - Nourish calf meal AgriVantage - Launchpad 18 colostrum & Sprayfo whey based calf milk replacers e in to WIN Ziegler & Brown KOPU 99 KOPU ROAD. 07 868 5007 (FARM & PETS) PAEROA 3 PUKE ROAD. 07 862 7295 (FARM & PETS) WAITAKARURU 563 STATE HWAY 25. 07 868 9030 (FARM & PETS) ALL OPEN MON - FRI 8AM - 5PM Proudly brought to you by: MSD Ruminate Agrivantage EMERGENCY AFTER HOURS VET SERVICES FRANKLINVets 07 88 9030 waakarurugs.con Please RSVP by Friday 14th May to Waitakaruru clinic www.FRANKLINVETS.CO.NZ