Calf and Heifer Feeding and Management

From birth to first calving, the replacement heifer undergoes tremendous changes anatomically as well as in feeding and management practices. The calf changes from being a pseudo-monogastric to a full ruminant within a period of two months. During the same period, the calf is fed colostrum, milk, or...

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Other Authors: Cao, Zhijun (Editor), Van Amburgh, Michael (Editor)
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Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
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653 |a newborn calves 
653 |a fat mobilization 
653 |a immunity 
653 |a calf 
653 |a glutamine 
653 |a autophagy 
653 |a apoptosis 
653 |a calf economics 
653 |a replacement 
653 |a ADG 
653 |a cost per kg 
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653 |a rumen 
653 |a epithelium 
653 |a microbiota 
653 |a diet 
653 |a feed additives 
653 |a feeding management 
653 |a dairy calf 
653 |a involuntary culling 
653 |a mortality 
653 |a replacement heifer 
653 |a survival rate 
653 |a amino acid pattern 
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653 |a methionine 
653 |a threonine 
653 |a heat stress 
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653 |a caecal microbiota 
653 |a 16S rRNA gene sequencing 
653 |a growth performance 
653 |a heifer 
653 |a bull 
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653 |a management 
653 |a carcass and meat quality 
653 |a weaning age 
653 |a Holstein calves 
653 |a growth 
653 |a milk replacer 
653 |a metabolism 
653 |a development 
653 |a body condition score 
653 |a peripartum 
653 |a primiparous dairy cow 
653 |a pair housing 
653 |a individual housing 
653 |a behavior 
653 |a dairy calf feeding 
653 |a health 
653 |a welfare 
653 |a nutrition 
653 |a stakeholder attitudes 
653 |a forage 
653 |a performance 
653 |a rumen fermentation 
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