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Boosting calf health: The powerful impact of dam vaccination on dairy farm's calves

Implementation of dam vaccination protocols in late pregnancy has had a transformative effect on early life calf health at the Manor Farming Company in Shropshire

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George Lester (left), of the Manor Farming Company, with vet Duarte Monteiro of Shropshire 51AVÊÓÆµVets.
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George Lester (left), of the Manor Farming Company, with vet Duarte Monteiro of Shropshire 51AVÊÓÆµVets.

George Lester, who farms the family dairy unit in partnership with his father, Jeff, and mother Judith, had been at his wits end until new vaccination regimes helped stabilise debilitating infectious calf...

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