Water is an important nutrient, and it is required in larger amounts for animals compared with humans. Water contributes to 75 percent of the body weight in calves, making the nutrient an essential daily requirement. The amount of water consumed by the animal depends on animal size, milk production, environmental temperature, feed intake and mineral intake.
Water critical for dairy calves
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Water contributes to 75 percent of the body weight in calves, making the nutrient an essential daily requirement.
Calves with buckets rinsed every two weeks require more treatments for illnesses, due to the contamination with feed and manure, than calves with clean buckets daily or week.
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