Pregnancy-checking
Beef Health Programs

Objective
Protect newborn calves by increasing disease protection from the cow; boost antibodies in colostrum.

Challenges
Diseases that weaken or kill newborn calves, including scours and calf pneumonia.

A healthy, vigorous calf is a cow-calf producer's most valuable asset. Calves that get off to a poor start rarely catch up to herd mates. In a study published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research, calves that became sick in the first four weeks of life weighed 35 pounds less at weaning than their healthy herd mates. On a $1/pound market, this means $35 less per sick calf come sale day at weaning.

Novartis developed the ImmPact pre-calving/calving program that integrates husbandry skills with Novartis' biologicals during the last 90 days of pregnancy through the calving period. The program is designed to help you deliver a healthy calf that will thrive in the face of unavoidable challenges of neonatal life.