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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Gado de Leite.
Data corrente: | 24/11/2016
Data da última atualização: | 06/02/2024
Autoria: | AZEVEDO, R. A.; MACHADO, F. S.; CAMPOS, M. M.; LOPES, D. R. G.; COSTA, S. F.; MANTOVANI, H. C.; LOPES, F. C. F.; MARCONDES, M. I.; PEREIRA, L. G. R.; TOMICH, T. R.; COELHO, S. G.
Afiliação: | R. A. AZEVEDO, UFMG; FERNANDA SAMARINI MACHADO, CNPGL; MARIANA MAGALHAES CAMPOS, CNPGL; D. R. G. Lopes, UFV; S. F. Costa, UFLA; H. C. Mantovani, UFV; FERNANDO CESAR FERRAZ LOPES, CNPGL; M. I. Marcondes, UFV; LUIZ GUSTAVO RIBEIRO PEREIRA, CNPGL; THIERRY RIBEIRO TOMICH, CNPGL; S. G. Coelho, UFMG.
Título: | The effects of increasing amounts of milk replacer powder added to whole milk on passage rate, nutrient digestibility, ruminal development, and body composition in dairy calves.
Ano de publicação: | 2016
Fonte/Imprenta: | Journal of Dairy Science, v. 99, n. 11, p. 8746-8758, 2016.
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11410
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects on feed intake, calf performance, feed efficiency, fecal score, passage rate, apparent nutrient digestibility, development of rumen and other organs, and body composition of increasing the total solids content of liquid feed (whole milk) by adding increasing amounts of milk replacer powder during the preweaning period. Crossbred Holstein-Gyr calves (n = 32) were assigned to 1 of 4 treatments (n = 8 per group), which consisted of different total solids concentrations: 12.5, 15.0, 17.5, and 20.0% of liquid feed. Calves received 6 L of liquid per day, divided into 2 equal meals (0800 and 1600 h) and provided in buckets, from 5 to 55 d of age. Starter and water were provided ad libitum during the entire experiment. At 56 d of age, animals were killed. Laboratory analysis determined that the actual total solids contents of the liquid feed were 13.5, 16.1, 18.2, and 20.4%, for the proposed 12.5, 15.0, 17.5, and 20.0% total solids treatments, respectively. The osmolality of liquid feed treatments was 265 to 533 mOsm/L. Fecal score was similar among treatments, except for wk 2 and 7. Intake of liquid feed was similar among treatments from 6 wk of age. During wk 4, 5, and 6, we detected a linear decrease in starter intake. After wk 7, we observed greater starter intake for calves fed approximately 16.1% total solids. Water intake, feed efficiency, and withers height were similar among treatments. Increasing concentrations of total solids in liquid feed quadratically affected average daily gain, final body weight, and empty body weight. We observed a greater average daily gain for calves fed approximately 20.4% total solids. Passage rate, nutrient digestibility, development of pre-stomachs and intestine, and body composition were similar among treatments. Increasing the concentration of total solids in liquid feed up to 20.4% reduced starter intake between 4 and 6 wk of life, but increased average daily gain. It did not affect passage rate, nutrient digestibility, ruminal and organ development, or body composition in calves during the preweaning period, indicating that this strategy may be a viable alternative for feeding without increasing the total volume of liquid feed provided to dairy calves.
Palavras-Chave: | Calf performance; Preweaning.
Thesaurus Nal: | feed intake; total solids.
Categoria do assunto: | L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal
Registro original: | Embrapa Gado de Leite (CNPGL)
Exemplares: | CNPGL - (22970-1) - UPC - AP - DD -  -  -  - DIS