Sucking and drinking behaviour in preweaned dairy calves in the first five weeks of life
Abstract Background Nursing and sucking are essential for adequate nourishment of preweaned calves and the relationship between sucking indices has not been studied. The goal of this study was to investigate the number of sucks per litre of milk and per minute of drinking and the amount of milk inge...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-05-01
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Series: | BMC Veterinary Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03280-x |