EPD’s Cattlemen Actually Want….
Calf Vigor Index: will a newborn calf get up and nurse in 10 min, 20 min, or 1 hour?
Mothering Instinct: does the cow lay on the north side of the calf in blowing snow and cold temps? Will she cover the calf in hay?
When a cow gets sick in the pasture we don’t pull them away from the herd, we doctor the cow and put it right back with them, yeah some of the same cows may get it but eventually it builds a herd immunity to the sickness and sorts itself out.