Calf Rearing - Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK)

Calf Rearing Online Course. 100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).

This course develops your ability to manage the rearing of calves for different agricultural purposes. It covers all aspects of calf rearing including Calf selection; Birth; Calf Diseases; Rearing Systems; Calf Housing, Weaning and Post Weaning.

Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?

Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).

What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?

• Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
• Start and Finish at any time
• Courses globally and industry relevant
• Practical Component at the end of most lessons.

Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.

This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.

Lesson Structure:

1. Calving and Culling

• Introduction
• Research into raising dairy calves
• Principles of good calf rearing
• Pre-calving management
• Managing the cow for a healthy calf
• Colostrum management
• Calf selection
• Estimated Breeding Value (EBV)
• Culling
• Assessing calves for suitability in a rearing system

2. Calving Management

• The birth of a calf
• Signs that the birth is close
• Stages in a normal birth
• Calving problems
• Important points
• Abnormal presentations
• The calf at birth
• Colostrum
• Stress and pathogen exposure
• Managing stress
• Managing pathogen exposure
• The calf digestive tract
• Rumen development
• Bacteria
• Liquid in the rumen
• Outflows of rumen materials
• Absorptive qualities
• Substrate (Dry feed Intake)

3. Calf Health Management

• Overview
• Common calf diseases
• Scours
• Coccidiosis
• Round Worm Scours
• Lung worm
• Calf diphtheria
• Pneumonia
• Clostridia Disease
• salmonella
• Navel and joint ill
• Stress and the young calf
• Transport stress
• Feeding stress
• Heat and cold

4. Calf Rearing Systems

• Birth to weaning
• Natural Systems of Calf Rearing
• Single suckling
• Multiple suckling
• Foster suckling
• Race suckling
• Early weaning
• Artificial systems of calf rearing
• Teaching the calf to drink
• A basic Feeding program
• Milk Substitute
• Common calf rearing systems
• Rearing calves at grass
• Five and a half day system
• Once a day system
• Cold milk system
• Acidified milk replacer
• Mildly acidic milk replacer
• Strongly acidic milk replacer
• Milk-fed veal production

5. Calf Housing

• Ventilation
• Isolation
• Comfort
• Economy
• Calf Pens
• Metal crates
• The calf hutch

5. Weaning

• Stress at weaning
• General weaning transition strategies
• Providing water
• Weaning at twelve and eight weeks
• Weaning at five weeks
• Weaning at four weeks

7. Post-weaning

• Post weaning period
• Calf husbandry practices
• Reducing surgical stress
• Cattle identification
• Castration
• Bloodless castration
• Surgical Castration
• Dehorning
• When to dehorn
• Dehorning instruments and equipment
• Tetanus
• Vaccination and Worming

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the academy, marked by the academy's tutors and returned to you with feedback, any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Agriculturalists, Farmers, Animal Breeders

A pc or laptop with internet connection.

ADL has helped thousands of people develop their farming and agricultural knowledge and skills. This course is perfect if you're aspiring to become a farmer or if you'd like to further develop your career in farming.

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