Fetal programming: Providing prenatal nutrients to enhance calf development
Published:October 10, 2018
Summary
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 speci...