This work provides information on growth, nutrition, health and behaviour with descriptions of various calf raising systems and facilities. It also covers calf welfare, post weaning management and calf communication. Practical economic information on feedstuffs, labour requirements and losses is provided to assist producers in selecting the most appropriate calf rearing system for their farms. This updated second edition includes improvements to existing calf rearing systems, important changes in recommendations for colostrum feeding, disease prevention, what to do with sick calves, dairy beef production, economics of calf rearing, and best management practice for raising dairy replacement heifers.