Carotene in Calf Nutrition

Calcium in the Nutrition of the Fattening Calf Calcium in the Nutrition of the Fattening Calf

Calf Nutrition and Colostrum Management

Calf mortality is highest during the first six months of life. Added to this is the losses to the industry caused by around 50,000 breeding cows (1.4% of the U.K total) dying at calving, mainly as a result of dystocia. Scouring is the most common disease in young calves and, as a result, is the greatest single cause of death in calves, accounting for almost 50% of all calf deaths. Scouring in c...

Enhancing Calf Immunity through Nutrition

Dairy calves are extremely susceptible to gastro-intestinal disease during the preweaned period. The risk for disease decreases as the calf ages; therefore, I think it is important to break the pre-weaned period up into at least 2 distinct phases that likely need to be managed differently, early life (1 and maybe the 2 week of life) and the remaining time the calf is fed fluid (milk or milk rep...

Problems in the nutrition of the preruminant calf.

Mortality Perinatal mortality (stillbirths and deaths within 12-24 h of birth) is about 3% and tends to be higher for breeds of extreme size. For large breeds perinatal mortality is associated with difficulties at parturition caused by a disproportionate increase in size of the calf relative to that of the dam (Monteiro, 1969) whereas for small breeds it tends to be associated with weak calves,...

Protein and Energy Nutrition of the Neonatal Calf

Choices made by nutritionists and milk replacer manufacturers of nutrient levels and milk replacer ingredients, coupled with choices by calf feeders about feeding rate and calf body weight, largely determine calf growth rate, efficiency of feed conversion, and cost of gain. These choices also largely determine later feedlot performance and carcass composition. For example, early calf nutrition ...