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<blockquote data-quote="Agrispeed" data-source="post: 4438616" data-attributes="member: 10619"><p>I've certainly had much healthier calves from keeping them 'dirty'.</p><p></p><p> Obviously it has to still be hygienic. However, allowing some resident bacteria does help to help animals build up an immunity and I found with feeding milk, if you can cultivate a good culture (I.e yoghurt) then cleaning feeders can be counter intuitive as you kill anything therefore leaving a blank slate. If you have a disease problem though then obviously you have to disinfect for the next group, and I have a 'clean' pen for sick calves. A clean pen isn't a clean as you think though, with environmental bacteria growing in even something disinfected quite quickly, so perhaps assuming it to be dirty is a better approach?</p><p></p><p>I remember a radio program once talking about the same problem with households that use a lot of disinfectant, leading to poor immune systems and higher antibiotic use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agrispeed, post: 4438616, member: 10619"] I've certainly had much healthier calves from keeping them 'dirty'. Obviously it has to still be hygienic. However, allowing some resident bacteria does help to help animals build up an immunity and I found with feeding milk, if you can cultivate a good culture (I.e yoghurt) then cleaning feeders can be counter intuitive as you kill anything therefore leaving a blank slate. If you have a disease problem though then obviously you have to disinfect for the next group, and I have a 'clean' pen for sick calves. A clean pen isn't a clean as you think though, with environmental bacteria growing in even something disinfected quite quickly, so perhaps assuming it to be dirty is a better approach? I remember a radio program once talking about the same problem with households that use a lot of disinfectant, leading to poor immune systems and higher antibiotic use. [/QUOTE]
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