Mother-calf bonding essential

Bruce Derksen For Agri-View
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023

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Bonding of mother and calf is essential. A complex hormone system is involved in causing birth and initiating lactation.

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Bruce Derksen For Agri-View

Cattle are a precocial species. That means when born they are relatively mature and mobile.

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Bruce Derksen has been a part of western Canada’s agricultural industry for more than 30 years. After owning and operating a small feedlot and commercial cow-calf herd, he currently draws on that experience to write for numerous agricultural publications and agribusinesses.