While a recent study found that calf comfort improves with use of pain control, it didn’t help increase their daily gain
A recent study found that young calves show more pain responses when not treated with pain control at castration. However, the study also showed that there was no impact on average daily gain by mitigating the pain at castration. There is no requirement in the Canadian Beef Code of Practice for pain control for castration […] Read moreTag Archives calf castration
Calf castration requires humane approach, code compliance
The younger, the better when it comes to cattle castration, and proficient techniques will reduce stress and losses in the herd. Band application at birth or at a young age, or knife castration at or before turnout, are the two most desirable ways. The beef code of practice requires pain control for any animal older […] Read more
