The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages

Forty-five Friesian X Zebu crossbred calves (4 days old) were used to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of whole milk and weaning at different ages. A total of 252 litre whole milk offered over 12 weeks was compared with a feeding level of 134 litre milk offered over 8 weeks. Water giv...

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Autores principales: Khalili, H., Crosse, S., Varvikko, T.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28285
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author Khalili, H.
Crosse, S.
Varvikko, T.
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Khalili, H.
Varvikko, T.
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Varvikko, T.
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description Forty-five Friesian X Zebu crossbred calves (4 days old) were used to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of whole milk and weaning at different ages. A total of 252 litre whole milk offered over 12 weeks was compared with a feeding level of 134 litre milk offered over 8 weeks. Water given ad libitum was also compared with allowing access to water once daily. The calves were penned and fed individually. Average daily gain of calves weaned at 12 weeks was greater compared with calves weaned at 8 weeks of age and allowed access to water once daily and with calves weaned at 8 weeks and given water ad libitum. Feeding extra milk and weaning at 12 weeks decreased the intake of concentrates and increased live-weight gain.
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spelling CGSpace282852024-11-15T08:52:58Z The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages Khalili, H. Crosse, S. Varvikko, T. dairy cattle crossbreds calves animal performance milk feeding age water intake feed intake digestibility weight gain Forty-five Friesian X Zebu crossbred calves (4 days old) were used to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of whole milk and weaning at different ages. A total of 252 litre whole milk offered over 12 weeks was compared with a feeding level of 134 litre milk offered over 8 weeks. Water given ad libitum was also compared with allowing access to water once daily. The calves were penned and fed individually. Average daily gain of calves weaned at 12 weeks was greater compared with calves weaned at 8 weeks of age and allowed access to water once daily and with calves weaned at 8 weeks and given water ad libitum. Feeding extra milk and weaning at 12 weeks decreased the intake of concentrates and increased live-weight gain. 1992-04 2013-05-06T07:00:18Z 2013-05-06T07:00:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28285 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Animal Production;54(pt.2):191-195
spellingShingle dairy cattle
crossbreds
calves
animal performance
milk feeding
age
water intake
feed intake
digestibility
weight gain
Khalili, H.
Crosse, S.
Varvikko, T.
The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
title The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
title_full The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
title_fullStr The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
title_full_unstemmed The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
title_short The performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
title_sort performance of crossbred dairy calves given different levels of whole milk and weaned at different ages
topic dairy cattle
crossbreds
calves
animal performance
milk feeding
age
water intake
feed intake
digestibility
weight gain
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28285
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