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Effect of offering two levels of crude protein and two levels of milk replacer on calf performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

R. J. Fallon ,
H. C. F. Wicks  and
J. Twigge
R. J. Fallon*
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
H. C. F. Wicks
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR, U.K.
J. Twigge
Affiliation:
Nutreco Ruminant Research Centre, 5830 AE Boxmeer, The Netherlands
*
Email: rfallon@grange.teagasc.ie
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Recent reports from the United States propose new nutritional guidelines for calves (VanAmburgh 2003). They suggest an accelerated growth programme where calves are offered a high protein milk replacer (CMR) at a level sufficient to achieve a liveweight gain of 1000 g/d up to 8 weeks of age. This is in contrast to many European feeding programmes where calves are offered 25 kg of CMR over 42 days with an expected liveweight gain of 500 to 600 g/day. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the accelerated growth system under Irish conditions.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 186
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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References

VanAmburgh, M. (2003). Calf growth and development: New Requirements and Implications for future performance. Proceedings of 18th Annual Southwest Nutrition and Management Conference, University of Arizona.Google Scholar