Milk proteins still the “gold standard” in milk replacer

Can you feed a milk replacer that contains soy protein concentrate without depressing calf growth?

University of Illinois researchers added the amino acid glutamine to a soy- based milk replacer in hopes of doing just that. However, the calves fed the glutamine-supplemented milk replacer still saw an 18-percent decline in average daily gain compared to calves fed a whey-based milk replacer. The chart below shows some of the results reported in the May Journal of Dairy Science.

Calf Performance Results

Source: May 2006 Journal of Dairy Science

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