Raising dairy replacements

Sixty colorful tables and more than 80 full-color photographs plus abundant charts, graphs, and detailed drawings fill this clear guide. Written by experts at four major agricultural universities, Raising Dairy Replacements explains: Fetal calf development and birth, including delivery. Calf health, feeding, housing, and general management. Heifer development, health, nutrition, reproduction, environment, housing, and general management. Prevention and treatment of mastitis. Markers in the printed book direct readers to the CD for additional information. The companion CD contains a searchable PDF version of the book plus additional graphics and tables; Heifer Suite software (Windows 2000, NT, XP®) from Profit Source, a leader in electronic dairy industry management tools; and Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0®. Heifer Suite includes "Ration Cost Analyzer" (to calculate cost and nutrient content of replacement heifer diets), "Heifer ProQWIK Chart" (to compare growth with industry standards, growth rate within a pen, and management variables), and "Raising Cost Evaluator" (to calculate the cost of raising calves or heifers and to conduct individual cost-of-production analysis)