Preconditioning with Dr. Karin Orsel
The Beef Cattle Health and Nutrition Podcast
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What Is Preconditioning?
The biggest stressor in the life of a calf is always being separated from the dam. The separation from them, the weaning process, if that happens concurrently with other stressors like the weather or even just move to a different location. So transportation in general is very stressful. And on top of that if they leave a local ranch to go to a different locations, they can be mixed and mingled with other calves from other locations. A lot of adjustments in a relatively short period of time. Yeah for sure.
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