Providing supplementary milk to suckling dairy calves improves performance at separation and weaning

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4800-4810

  Johnsen, J F ^a   Beaver, A ^b,c   Mejdell, C M ^a   Rushen, J ^b   de Passille A M ^b   Weary, D M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body weight gain; Dam rearing; Milk production; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SUCKLING ANIMAL; VETERINARY; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; MILK; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84931566161     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-9128     Document Type: Article

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