Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves
Evaluates the growth performance of calves born to Boran cows and weaned at either six or eight months. Early weaned calves were further divided to either receive supplementary feed until eight months of age or serve as controls. There was no significant differences between Boran and crossbred calve...
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| author | Tegegne, Azage Mukasa-Mugerwa, E. Ketema, H. |
| author_browse | Ketema, H. Mukasa-Mugerwa, E. Tegegne, Azage |
| author_facet | Tegegne, Azage Mukasa-Mugerwa, E. Ketema, H. |
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| description | Evaluates the growth performance of calves born to Boran cows and weaned at either six or eight months. Early weaned calves were further divided to either receive supplementary feed until eight months of age or serve as controls. There was no significant differences between Boran and crossbred calves in terms of birth weight, actual weaning weight, adjusted weaning weight, and pre-weaning average daily gain. However, average daily gain was significantly greater in early-weaned calves than in late weaned calves. Early weaned calves were significantly heavier at eight months than Boran calves while Boran calves lost weight between six & eight months of age. Daily gain of supplemented calves was altogether greater than that of unsupplemented calves. |
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| spelling | CGSpace293112022-01-29T16:51:25Z Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves Tegegne, Azage Mukasa-Mugerwa, E. Ketema, H. friesian cattle crossbreds calves growth animal feeding weaning weight Evaluates the growth performance of calves born to Boran cows and weaned at either six or eight months. Early weaned calves were further divided to either receive supplementary feed until eight months of age or serve as controls. There was no significant differences between Boran and crossbred calves in terms of birth weight, actual weaning weight, adjusted weaning weight, and pre-weaning average daily gain. However, average daily gain was significantly greater in early-weaned calves than in late weaned calves. Early weaned calves were significantly heavier at eight months than Boran calves while Boran calves lost weight between six & eight months of age. Daily gain of supplemented calves was altogether greater than that of unsupplemented calves. 1990 2013-06-11T09:23:08Z 2013-06-11T09:23:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29311 en Limited Access OAU/STRC Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa;38(2):103-106 |
| spellingShingle | friesian cattle crossbreds calves growth animal feeding weaning weight Tegegne, Azage Mukasa-Mugerwa, E. Ketema, H. Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves |
| title | Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves |
| title_full | Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves |
| title_fullStr | Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves |
| title_short | Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves |
| title_sort | effect of early weaning on the growth performance of boran and boran x friesian bull calves |
| topic | friesian cattle crossbreds calves growth animal feeding weaning weight |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29311 |
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