TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Milk Feeding Frequency on Growth of Holstein Calves
AU - , Feyzi Ugur AU - , Ali Karabayir AU - , Habibe Bagci AU - , Iskender Cagras 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 9
SP  - 1066
EP  - 1068
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.1066.1068
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.1066.1068
KW  - Calves
KW  -milk feeding frequency
KW  -growth
KW  -body measurement
AB  - The study was undertaken to compare the performance of Holstein calves fed with milk once and twice a day in terms of weight and body measurements. Calves stayed with their mothers for 3 days after parturition. The calves were then transferred to individual pens and fed. The animals were allocated to 2 groups. The calves in the first group were fed with 7% milk of their birth weight until weaning. Milk was given once a day at 08:00 in the morning. The calves in the second group were also fed with 7% milk of their birth weight but received the milk in 2 meals, at 08:00 and 18:00 until weaning. The animals in both the groups were weaned at 60 days of age. The effect of application of 2 different feeding frequencies with milk on the growth characteristics of the calves was found insignificant. The average weigth of 4 month old calves and the mean daily weight gains at the period between the birth and 4 months of age for the first group were 80.8±1.8 and 0.34±0.01 kg and for the second group were 84.7±1.8 and 0.37±0.01 kg, respectively (p>0.05). Body measurements, such as heart girth, body lenght, height at withers, chest depth and front shank circumference were not significantly influenced by the groups.
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