an 8-day-old newborn female twin holstein calves with a history of weakness, anorexia, emaciation and convulsion were presented to tabriz university veterinary teaching hospital. on admission, the calves were febrile and recumbent. physical examination revealed many ticks from the external body surface of the animals, right and left prescapular lymphadenopathy, severe opisthotonos, nystagmus, p...

background: cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite which belongs to apicomplexa phylum. the parasite infects both wild and domesticated animals and human beings as well. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to detect oocyst shedding and diarrhea pattern in experimental cryptosporidiosis and their correlation with weight loss in neonatal calves. methods: twelve holstein calve...

The objective of this research was to determine the effect different starters consisted dried whey and soy proteins with low anti-nutritive factors (ANFs) + amino acids (lysine methionine) on body measurements, biochemical parameters, feed consumption early-weaned female Holstein calves. Based starter, calves were divided into four groups: i) control (control starter), ii) E1 (starter added dry...

Records of 2,449 births and 2,120 weanings of terminal-cross calves were used to characterize maternal productivity of first- and second-generation cows from a diallel of Angus, Brahman, Hereford, Holstein and Jersey when mated to third-breed sires. Third- and later-parity cows were randomly assigned after each parturition to Charolais and Red Poll bulls in multiple-sire pastures. Calves were w...

Effect of Bioactive Fatty Acids on Growth Performance Milk-Fed Holstein Dairy Calves Under Cold Stress

OBJECTIVE To describe plasma pharmacokinetic parameters and tissue elimination of flunixin in veal calves. ANIMALS 20 unweaned Holstein calves between 3 and 6 weeks old. PROCEDURES Each calf received flunixin (2.2 mg/kg, IV, q 24 h) for 3 days. Blood samples were collected from all calves before the first dose and at predetermined times after the first and last doses. Beginning 24 hours after i...

Charolais sires can be mated to Montbéliard or Holstein dairy cows to produce crossbred calves sold for meat production. Heritabilities and correlations between traits can differ when they are calculated within Charolais × Montbéliard or within Charolais × Holstein population. Moreover, the genetic correlation between the same trait measured on Charolais × Montbéliard and on Charolais × Holstei...

a comparative study on the effect of erythromycin and ivermectin on abomasal emptying in holstein-friesian calves motilides namely erythromycin have a great ability to increase abomasal emptying rate. the aim of this study was to evaluate the abomasal emptying rate in calves receiving either erythromycin or ivermectin. five male holstein-friesian calves were given each of the following 4 treatm...