Guest guest Posted January 13, 1999 Report Share Posted January 13, 1999 Hare Krsna dasi wrote; > 5.3) A Calf and Mother a) Should have continuous association for the first ten days so the calf can acquire the essential colostrum. b) Should have access to mother after milking morning and evening for at least fifteen minutes each time. c) Should be weaned no earlier than six months, weaning must be gradual >My primary concern is that if the calf has continuous association with the >mother So, we have got some feed back from enough devotees to do some revision on this one. Here is my suggestion. I spoke with Ranaka here at New Vrndavana Goshalla (20 something years). What does everyone think? We need to get these to Sesa Prabhu in 3 days. Your servant, Chayadevi 3) A Calf and Mother a) A calf and its mother should have as much association as possible, especially in the calf's first week, to acquire the essential colostrum. b) There must be careful consideration to the eating habits of the calf so that overeating does not occur leading to scours which can lead to death. c) Weaning must be gradual and should be totally achieved at 6 months or longer, no sooner than 3 months. d) During the weaning process a sweet grain with the proper balanced ration for a young calf, 2nd cutting orchard grass hay, and water should be available for access by calf. e) The primary cowherder should be supervising and instructing the treatment of the calf and mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 1999 Report Share Posted January 14, 1999 > > > 3) A Calf and Mother > a) A calf and its mother should have as much association as possible, > especially in the calf's first week, to acquire the essential colostrum. > b) There must be careful consideration to the eating habits of the calf so that > overeating does not occur leading to scours which can lead to death. maybe put put diarrha in paranthesis after scours. Also say that limiting access to the udder of the mother is recommended. > c) Weaning must be gradual and should be totally achieved at 6 months or > longer, no sooner than 3 months. > d) During the weaning process a sweet grain with the proper balanced ration for > a young calf, 2nd cutting orchard grass hay, and water should be available for > access by calf. Saying orchard grass is overly specific. That is applicable in NV but in other areas other grasses could be used. Saying new growth, nonstemmy hay would be more general. > e) The primary cowherder should be supervising and instructing the treatment of > the calf and mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 1999 Report Share Posted January 14, 1999 Your revision sounds good to me. This should help clarify everything. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi ****************************** On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, COM: ISCOWP (Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi - USA) wrote: > [Text 2012895 from COM] > > Hare Krsna dasi wrote; > > > > 5.3) A Calf and Mother > a) Should have continuous association for the first ten days so the calf can > acquire the essential colostrum. > b) Should have access to mother after milking morning and evening for at least > fifteen minutes each time. > c) Should be weaned no earlier than six months, weaning must be gradual > > >My primary concern is that if the calf has continuous association with the > >mother > > > So, we have got some feed back from enough devotees to do some revision on this > one. Here is my suggestion. I spoke with Ranaka here at New Vrndavana Goshalla > (20 something years). What does everyone think? We need to get these to Sesa > Prabhu in 3 days. > > Your servant, > Chayadevi > > 3) A Calf and Mother > a) A calf and its mother should have as much association as possible, > especially in the calf's first week, to acquire the essential colostrum. > b) There must be careful consideration to the eating habits of the calf so that > overeating does not occur leading to scours which can lead to death. > c) Weaning must be gradual and should be totally achieved at 6 months or > longer, no sooner than 3 months. > d) During the weaning process a sweet grain with the proper balanced ration for > a young calf, 2nd cutting orchard grass hay, and water should be available for > access by calf. > e) The primary cowherder should be supervising and instructing the treatment of > the calf and mother. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 1999 Report Share Posted January 14, 1999 These sound like good additions. Especially the part about adding "diarrhea." Amateur cowherds and temple managers in different parts of the world might not know what we mean by "scours." -- By the way, Rohita's comment about the Oak bark tea was interesting. If I am correct, I think the tanin in oak bark is an alkaline substance. Baking soda is also alkaline. I wonder if dill is also alkaline? It seems important to introduce some mildly alkaline substance such as these to kill of the e. coli bacteria in the system, by making it less acid. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi ******************************** On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA) wrote: > [Text 2013152 from COM] > > > > > > > 3) A Calf and Mother > > a) A calf and its mother should have as much association as possible, > > especially in the calf's first week, to acquire the essential colostrum. > > b) There must be careful consideration to the eating habits of the calf so > that > > overeating does not occur leading to scours which can lead to death. > > maybe put put diarrha in paranthesis after scours. Also say that limiting > access > to the udder of the mother is recommended. > > > c) Weaning must be gradual and should be totally achieved at 6 months or > > longer, no sooner than 3 months. > > d) During the weaning process a sweet grain with the proper balanced ration > for > > a young calf, 2nd cutting orchard grass hay, and water should be available > for > > access by calf. > > Saying orchard grass is overly specific. That is applicable in NV but in other > areas other grasses could be used. Saying new growth, nonstemmy hay would be > more > general. > > > e) The primary cowherder should be supervising and instructing the treatment > of > > the calf and mother. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 1999 Report Share Posted January 14, 1999 I remember when I came to New Vrindaban all the cows were milked by hand, about 30 of them or more, by a crew of several devotees. The stnadard treatment at that time for scours included feeding the calf dilute Karo syrup (corn syrup) and a quantity was kept on hand. Money was short, and the prasadam was definitely on the austere side, and it was a routinue scandal that someone would drink the Karo syrup, resulting in many good natured accusations and fingerpointing. As it was considered macho to be austere, whoever would have drank it was considered weak, unable to control his senses, and the usually unknown culprit was made the butt of jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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