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Transition & fresh-cow care

Prevention, investigation and treatment around the period that sets up health, production and reproduction in the next lactation.

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Service overview

Start with the question.
Build the right next step.

Every farm, animal and situation is different. These sections provide a useful starting point; the veterinarian will tailor recommendations to the case in front of us.

01What this service covers

Individual assessment and herd-level review from the close-up period through early lactation. The work may involve fresh-cow examinations, calving and postpartum disease patterns, body condition, appetite and rumen fill, housing, stocking pressure, feed access and transition protocols.

02When to contact us

Call for a fresh cow that is off feed, dull, fevered, ketotic, lame, not milking as expected or recovering poorly after calving. A group review is useful when retained placentas, metritis, milk fever, displaced abomasum, ketosis or early-lactation removals are becoming a pattern.

03What to expect

We start with recent fresh-cow events and the affected animals, then look upstream at dry-cow and close-up management. Recommendations are prioritized around the most likely and most changeable risks, with follow-up measures chosen to show whether the plan is working.

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