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Table 3 Preventive management measures between weaning and one year of age of calves that are to be retained in the herd

From: Risk management of paratuberculosis in dairy herds

• Calves are housed in a separate barn or separate compartment of a barn, without any contact with (faeces of) adult cattle

• In the barn or compartment in which calves are housed, separate clothing and boots are used (to prevent contamination with faeces of adult cattle), or calves are taken care of by a different stockman than the adult herd

• The water supply of calves is not connected to the water supply of adult cattle, such that cross contamination can occur, and calves are not supplied with surface water

• Calves are never grazed on fields simultaneously with adult cattle, and never grazed in fields or fed grass or grass silage harvested from fields on which, earlier that year, adult cattle have grazed or slurry from adult cattle has been applied

• Calves are fed roughage in a way that prevents contamination of roughage with faeces of adult cattle

• Calves are never in contact with (faeces of) sheep or goats, and never grazed on fields in which sheep or goats have been grazed or to which sheep or goat manure has been applied in the same year