The Importance of Vitamin A in the Cow Herd

This episode of Cattle HQ, Robin Salverson and Madison Kovarna explore the importance of Vitamin A to the cowherd, including the newborn calf from Dr. Hannah Speer. 

  • How to build liver storage of vitamin A in the cow’s diet.
  • How to build vitamin A in the colostrum. 
  • How vitamin A is transferred to the newborn calf.
  • How vitamin A is regulated in the cow. 

Dr. Hannah Speer is an assistant professor with Montana State University. 

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