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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"calf starter"”.
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Study of the Effect of Feeding Highly Digestible Corn Based Calf Starter on the Growth Performance of Calves
… heifer calves were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 calf starters to measure growth performance of Holstein heifer calves through 8 weeks of age. Treatments were: 1) Hard starch (HS) corn calf starter: containing 40% DM basis conventional ground shelled corn and 2) Soft starch (SS) corn calf starter: …
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Growth, Rumen Development, and Metabolism of Holstein Calves Fed Distillers Grains
… to date to exploit distillers grains in calf nutrition. Being a proven source of energy and protein for lactating dairy cows, it is hypothesized that distillers grains can substitute other sources of energy and protein including soybean meal, oats, and ground corn in calf starters. An …
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Nutrient Impacts on Rumen Growth and Development
Our collective knowledge of calf nutrition has evolved over the past 100+ years, but there are still areas of improvement that merit further scientific inquiry. The work described herein explored different aspects of calf nutrition with a central focus on rumen growth and development. The first …
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Rapeseed, Sunflower and Soybean Meals as Protein Supplements in Dairy Calf Starters
… been the common protein supplement in many dry calf meals in the Midwest for several years and has been proven to be an acceptable source of both protein and energy. Since the early 1940’s the production of rapeseed (Brassica napis and B. campertris) in Canada has risen tremendously due to the …
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Evaluation of Essential Oils (Stay Strong) for Dairy Calves
… MR with an inclusion of YCW at a rate of 2 g/calf/feeding. Calves were sourced from a commercial dairy farm where they were fed colostrum for the first 2 d and then were transported to South Dakota State University (SDSU). The 24:20 MR was fed via bucket 2 x/d at a rate of 0.28 kg/calf/d for …
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Effects of psyllium in milk replacers for neonatal dairy calves
… unit of BW. Length of the jejunum per unit of calf BW was increased for the CON calves. In the ileum, the PSY calves had denser tissue. Colon wet weight, as well as dense colon tissue per unit of calf BW was increased for the PSY calves. The increase in size and scale of the gastrointestinal …