The next area for consideration is the spread of Johne s Disease through colostrum and milk. By following these steps, you will also be reducing the risk of several other calf-hood diseases. Feed low risk colostrum. Controlling manure flow and separating calves are key. By colostrum and milk.
Feed calves low risk colostrum and milk.
Through infected cows. Test and manage infected animals. Use only colostrum from healthy cows that were negative on a recent Johne s test. Give the calf only colostrum from its dam no pooling. Pooling increases the chances of infecting many calves from a single infected dam.