On The Hoof: Beef Calf Mortality - Project Spotlight
Episode description
Interested in large animal veterinary science? This is a slightly niche (but no less important) departure for the SRUC podcast.
Our Veterinary Investigation Officers Katrina Henderson and Iain McCormick recently completed a project looking at the mortality of young beef cattle.
Katrina joins host Alison Braddock to chat about the project which specifically looked at the top ten causes of calf death and pre-disposing factors. Katrina and Iain reviewed all pre-weaned suckler calf post mortems carried out by SRUC from across Scotland between 2016-2020.
The findings have been the subject of a recent CPD bitesize course for vets which can be found at the link below - the webinar has been recorded, and is free to watch (account creation required).
Fancy studying veterinary science or animal care with SRUC? They are amongst our most popular courses for a reason. We have world-class facilities and expertise and hundreds of animal care professionals have joined the industry after learning with us. You can find out more about them at the links below.
Watch the webinar "Calf losses from breeding to weaning" on our free online CPD portal.
Animal Sciences courses at SRUC