![]() ![]() Winter period = December/January/February = 20,7% of all births, of which 66,7% in February The result of a 10-year study of a mother-cows herd, where the bull was staying permanently in the herd, shows this very impressive: Here you can find surprisingly that is also reduces the births in the summer. In the beef cattle breed, the calving date can also be left completely natural. Fly infestation may also fall, while warm weeks of October, still occur. ![]() The washing with alcohol must be repeated for several days. Against larvae that are already inside the body, immediately treat it with Cydectin or the like. The maggots come from the skin and the alcohol dries out the fly eggs. As the first aid the calf should be washed with alcohol. If the animal is constantly wagging his tail, very restless or not to be lively, one must always think of fly strike. For this purpose, it would be ideal to hold mother and calf for a few days in the barn or in a separate area. If a birth in the summer is inevitable, it would be of great importance to accurately monitor the calf for several days. The maggots of this fly then eat the calf from the inside of her. ![]() Flies lay their eggs in the still wet hair from the calf. When you enter a bull to the herd, you have to remember that birds in the summer months are more dangerous than in the cold months. Other breeders are geared to the sacrum height and show a general way with an average height of 125 – 130 cm sacrum height. In general, heifers can be covered for the first time when they reach 60% of the final weight of the adult cow, ie a cow to a weight between 500 and 650 kg, can be used as heifer weighing 300 – 390 kg be occupied. Birth problems are more likely to be the exception for Highland cattle, but it can happen. ![]()
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