Hazard: When scaffolds are not erected or used properly, fall hazards can occur. About 2.3 million construction workers frequently work on scaffolds. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent an estimated 4,500 injuries and 50 fatalities each year.
The amount of immunoglobulin ingested is also a major determinant of final serum immunoglobulin concentration. A practical rule-of-thumb is to feed 5 to 6% of the calf's body weight within the first 6 hours and repeat the feeding when the calf is about 12 hours old. For an 80 pound calf, this will equate to approximately 2 quarts of colostrum per feeding.
Learning to feed your dairy goat kids correctly is an extremely important part of raising milk goats. Dairy goat kids need to be fed colostrum within about 30 minutes after birth. When the doe begins stage 2 of labor, have someone take last year's frozen colostrum from the freezer and put it in a pan of hot tap water.