Keywords
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 87-88-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 506; Dairy; Milk intake; Calf performance; Stress; Weaning
Abstract
Feeding milk at 8% of birthweight and gradual weaning resulted in the most consistent increases in weekly weight gain, highest overall weight gain, and greatest increases in dry feed consumption during an 8-wk trial compared to feeding milk at 8% and abrupt weaning, at 10% and gradual weaning, or at 10% and abrupt weaning. By 8 wk, the 8% gradually-weaned calves also had higher levels of serum protein and lower levels of urea nitrogen in blood than calves in other treatment groups. Therefore, the 8% gradual-weaning program was determined to be the most appropriate for early weaning of dairy calves.; Dairy Day, 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1986;
Recommended Citation
Flynn, P.; Reddy, P.G.; Morrill, J.L.; and Stevenson, Jeffrey S.
(1986)
"Effect of milk intake and method of weaning on calf performance and stress in an early-weaning program,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
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https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.3062
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