Post-weaning feeding levels on feeding behavior, growth and development in Holstein dairy heifers

ABSTRACT: To study the effect of post-weaning feeding levels on the growth of dairy heifers, 40 animals with 77.7 ± 8.1 days of age and 77.5 ± 9.2kg of body weight were grouped in 10 pens, and each pen was randomly assigned to one of the following treatments for 120 days: feeding level to achieve a...

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Main Authors: Emanuel De La Quintana, Alejandro Mendoza, Cecilia Cajarville, Oscar Bentancur, José Luis Repetto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2018-03-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000300651&lng=en&tlng=en