The UK's Premier Agricultural Machinery and Technology Show

20–21 January 2027, NEC, Birmingham

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The cost of calf pneumonia

On the first of AHDB’s calf pneumonia webinars, industry experts discussed the signs of infection, impacts to productivity and the importance of temperature in disease control

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
clock • 4 min read
Postmortem data from spring 2023 indicated pneumonia as one of the top diagnoses across all cattle diseases.
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Postmortem data from spring 2023 indicated pneumonia as one of the top diagnoses across all cattle diseases.

As the leading cause of calf mortality on both dairy and beef farms in the UK, pneumonia is estimated to cost the UK's cattle sector £50 million annually. With postmortem data from spring 2023 indicating...

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