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Adding important vitamin A can improve cow/calf herds

Andrea Johnson
Mar 1, 2023
Mar 1, 2023

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Five Pine Cattle Co. calf

Aimee Lutz, Ph.D., ruminant nutritionist at Devenish Nutrition, Fairmont, Minn.

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Andrea Johnson

STARBUCK, Minn. – As unusual as it seems, baby calves are born deficient in vitamin A – an important vitamin for good health.

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