Comparative study of different liquid diets for dairy calves and the impact on performance and the bacterial community during diarrhea

Abstract The liquid diet composition can affect dairy calves' performance and diarrhea incidence. The effect of three liquid diets on performance, incidence of diarrhea, and microbial community during diarrhea occurrence in dairy calves were evaluated. At birth, 35 dairy calves (20 male and 15...

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Main Authors: Marina Gavanski Coelho, Gercino Ferreira Virgínio Júnior, Cristiane Regina Tomaluski, Ariany Faria de Toledo, Maria Eduarda Reis, Sophia Cattleya Dondé, Lucas William Mendes, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho, Carla Maris Machado Bittar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17613-1