How neonatal diet affects the long-term development of rumination behavior, rumen fermentation and feed digestion in dairy calves fed a high milk level?

How neonatal diet affects the long-term development of rumination behavior, rumen fermentation and feed digestion in dairy calves fed a high milk level?

This study was to investigate growth performance, rumination development, rumen fermentation and feed digestion in young calves provided high volumes (about 20% of calf birth weight) of milk with or without forage inclusion and how these parameters correlate with each other. Immediately after birth,...

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Main Authors: Jianxin Xiao, Tianyu Chen, Rong Peng, Gibson M. Alugongo, Hui Yang, Shuai Liu, Yulin Ma, Jingjun Wang, Shengli Li, Zhijun Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-03-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
Subjects:
Neonatal calf
Early forage feeding
Rumination
Rumen fermentation
Nutrient digestibility
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654523001634

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