Calving Season, Clostridium Perfringens, Starting Calves

11/07/2025 25 min
Calving Season, Clostridium Perfringens, Starting Calves

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Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! In this week’s episode of Cattle Chat, the team is joined by Dr. Billy Brown, assistant professor in dairy cattle nutrition. They start the episode with a debate on when the best time is to calve out cows. Next, the crew answers a question from a listener who had a calf diagnosed with overeating disease. Finally Billy talks about some of his research on supplements and calves.



2:33 Calving Season Debate



12:13 Listener Questions: Overeating



17:21 Starting Calves with Distillers Grains



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