Milk feeding quantity and feeding frequency: effects on growth performance, rumen fermentation and blood metabolites of Holstein dairy calves

Milk feeding quantity and feeding frequency: effects on growth performance, rumen fermentation and blood metabolites of Holstein dairy calves

The aim of this study was to investigate interactions between milk feeding quantity (FL) and feeding frequency (FF) on intake, growth performance, rumen development and blood metabolites in dairy calves. A total of 48 Holstein calves (n = 12 calves per treatment: 6 males and 6 females) were randomly...

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Main Authors: Azam Jafari, Arash Azarfar, Gibson M. Alugongo, Gholam R. Ghorbani, Mehdi Mirzaei, Amir Fadayifar, Hossein Omidi-Mirzaei, Zhijun Cao, James K. Drackley, Morteza Hossieni Ghaffari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:
calf
feeding level
feeding frequency
performance
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2021.1884504

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