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In the pursuit of improved milk yield and production efficiencies, the question has long been asked, when can we best influence a cow’s milk production? For years, the focus has been during the lactation itself, shifting over time to the importance of the transition period. More recently, the importance of early life development has come to the attention of researchers and producers alike.
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Please suggest me the appropriate body weight and age of the calves, which is best suited for fattening purpose. Also tell me the Break Even Point for this business. Dr Usama Tayyab Lahore ...
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When a cow becomes pregnant, some of the nutrients it consumes will be used by the developing calf. There is no other time in the calf’s life when the development of tissues, organs and systems is occurring as rapidly as early weeks in utero.
While the volume of nutrients needed as building blocks for this process is very small, in the first few weeks after conception access to the specific nutrients necessary is critical. Providing these nutrients to the cow to enhance the...
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ips on managing calf rearing from James Ambrose, commercial and technical manager for Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care GB and Ireland....
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Introduction Acquisition of passive immunity is essential to calf health and growth. Provision of IgG using colostrum replacer (CR) products is increasingly common in the industry, but few data are available to document half-life of CR-derived IgG, particularly when varying amounts of CR are fed. Our objective was to evaluate concentrations of serum IgG in calves fed varying amounts of CR for the first 2 mo of life. ...
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Introduction: In cattle farming, pre-weaning is a critical phase. During the first months of their life, young calves are prone to numerous stresses and challenges. Risks are increased by the fact that their digestive system is not fully developed and immune system is still immature. In conventional farming systems, two types of calves have to undergo this challenging period: Veal Calves (VC) and Replacement Calves...
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Background Water is the most important nutrient for calves and plays an important role as solvent of nutrients, rumen development, thermoregulation and other functions in the body. In addition other researchers found that calves started feed consumption earlier and consumed more when unlimited access to clean drinking water is available. Generally, water comprises 70 to 75% of the weight of the calf, and they require greater...
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I have a 5 months old calf. I have switched feeding from calf pellets to pollard, maize germ, cotton seed cake and soya. Can someone tell me the pros and cons of this diet. I am also feeding it with corn silage.
Regards, Reuben
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Dr. Jim Quigley, Director of Calf and Heifer at Cargill, spoke to us and explained how to obtain a well developed rumen through balanced nutrition, during the Dairy Cattle Breeding and Rearing Symposium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
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The Penn State Dairy Nutrition Workshop will take place in Grantville, PA, on November 8th, 9th and 10th, and will count with dairy nutritionist Robert A. Patton as one of the speakers.
The venue for this event will be the Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel.
Patton, who is the head of Nittany Dairy Nutrition, will be giving a presentation on the evening session on November 9th. His lecture is entitled "The True Value of Blood Meal in Lactating Dairy Diets" and will start at...
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Introduction Livestock contribute 55.4% to agriculture and 11.9% to national GDP. Main products of livestock are milk and meat. Meat industries are increasing day by day. In 2013 the meat production has increased from 3232000 tons to 3379000 tons (Anonymous et al. 2013). We can achieve the growing meat demand inside the country and can earn a bit foreign exchange by exporting meat. Fortunately Pakistan is the home tract...
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Dear professionals, Would you suggest some result oriented ration formulas for fattening of calves by which weight is gained round about 1 kg/day? ...
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During the first two weeks after birth, a calf’s health and future productivity is at high risk. Investing time and money to reduce the incidence of disease and improve survival at this time generates good payback. Feeding to support the calf’s immune system, combined with good husbandry and environment, helps to optimize overall health, growth, and productivity. The newborn calf possesses a functional immune system,...
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It’s known the importance of colostrum to newborn calves. But regarding its quality, how can I evaluate it? And another question, would a deficient diet be the cause of its bad quality? ...
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Valentin Nenov, Global Ruminant Manager at Phileo Lesaffre, summarizes his presentation at EuroTier about the Program Neonates whose objective is to maximize growth and health in newborn calves. ...
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James Husband, Technical Director of UK-based Evidence Based Veterinary Consultancy, speaks about technical and economical management of the dairy calf from birth to calving at a conference held by Lesaffre Feed Additives at EuroTier 2014 for its launch of Program Neonate, a calf nutrition program. ...
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Introduction Pakistan has an agrarian rural-based economy like many developing countries with livestock a major contributor to the national (11.9%) and agricultural (55.4%) economy (Pakistan Economic Survey 2012). Dairy is a major component of the livestock sector in both numbers of cattle and buffalo (38 and 33 million respectively) and income generation (Habib et al 2007). Milk is produced under different production...
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Most dairy farmers have long recognized that feeding raw milk to calves is not exempt of health risks. Of the U.S. dairy farms only 25.6% feed raw milk to their calves (APHIS 2007). Dairies with more than 500 cows are rapidly adopting pasteurization with 30.7% of them already doing it. The reason has been the understanding of the role pasteurization played in history as a process to increase milk safety both in cattle and humans.
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James Drackley, Professor at the University of Illinois, was invited by Nutrefeed to give a talk about early calf nutrition and health....
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