This engaging webinar in collaboration with MSD & The Calf Action Network will go through the key reasons why calves fall sick during the housing season and provide practical advice for farmers about how they can use 'immunity led prevention' to protect their calves before the risk period. We will discuss and demystify pneumonia vaccination and also cover the importance of colostrum and transition milk feeding, utilising dam vaccination to prevent calf scour, especially focusing on cryptosporidiosis.
About the speaker:
Kat Baxter-Smith BVetMed CertAVP(EM) MRCVS
Kat graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, London in 2010, she worked in mixed practices (equine and farm animal) in the UK for 7 years and completed an advanced certificate in large animal and equine internal medicine. She has been with MSD for 7 years, firstly as a field veterinary adviser and now as Sector Veterinary Adviser for Sheep and Beef. Her main field of interest is cattle youngstock health and she has published several papers in this area. Recently she has been focusing on respiratory health, specifically thoracic ultrasound in calves which she has pioneered as a diagnostic technique in the UK.
