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;
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
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Flynn, P., Reddy, P., Morrill, J. & Stevenson, J. 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 1(2), 52-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.3062
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