Passive immune transfer, health, pre-weaning performance, and metabolism of dairy calves fed a colostrum supplement associated with medium-quality maternal colostrum

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate passive immunity transfer, health, performance, and metabolism of Holstein calves fed colostrum supplement associated with medium-quality colostrum. After birth, calves were blocked according to birth weight and date and distributed into the follo...

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Main Authors: Marília Ribeiro De Paula, Nathália Brito Rocha, Evangelina Miqueo, Fernanda Lavínia Moura Silva, Marina Gavanski Coelho, Carla Maris Machado Bittar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2019-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982019000100717&tlng=en