Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Calves

Nutrition prior to weaning (1 to 45 to 60 days of age) may determine the future performance of dairy calves. Good quality colostrum management is required to maximize health, but also impacts the growth and reproductive performance of calves. Providing an intensive nutritional method by increasing...

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Main Authors: Philipe Moriel, Luiz Ferraretto
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Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2017-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/104361
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description Nutrition prior to weaning (1 to 45 to 60 days of age) may determine the future performance of dairy calves. Good quality colostrum management is required to maximize health, but also impacts the growth and reproductive performance of calves. Providing an intensive nutritional method by increasing the amount and nutritional composition of milk replacer and calf starter provided from birth to weaning, enhances pre-weaning growth performance, anticipates puberty achievement and increase future milk production, without impairing mammary gland growth.
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spelling doaj-art-ad64c236a14241b2bf358eb0e1e10f202025-02-08T05:55:05ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092017-12-0120176Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy CalvesPhilipe Moriel0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-7575Luiz Ferraretto1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-8332University of FloridaUniversity of Florida Nutrition prior to weaning (1 to 45 to 60 days of age) may determine the future performance of dairy calves. Good quality colostrum management is required to maximize health, but also impacts the growth and reproductive performance of calves. Providing an intensive nutritional method by increasing the amount and nutritional composition of milk replacer and calf starter provided from birth to weaning, enhances pre-weaning growth performance, anticipates puberty achievement and increase future milk production, without impairing mammary gland growth. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/104361Dairy Nutrition
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title Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Calves
title_full Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Calves
title_fullStr Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Calves
title_full_unstemmed Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Calves
title_short Nutrition at Early Stages of Life Determines the Future Growth and Reproductive Performance of Dairy Calves
title_sort nutrition at early stages of life determines the future growth and reproductive performance of dairy calves
topic Dairy Nutrition
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