Oral selenium does not enhance passive transfer
Adding selenium to colostrum or a colostrum replacer is not an effective way to improve passive transfer in newborn calves.
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Which is it 2x or 3x a day?
Feeding calves milk or milk replacer twice a day is traditionally the way we’ve fed calves. But new research may have you reconsidering it.
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The power of pomegranates
Pomegranate juice is high in polyphenol, a potent form of antioxidant
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Limit energy intake before calving
Results of a University of Illinois study on the effects of energy intake before calving were reported in the July issue of the Journal of Dairy Science.
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Corn distillers and calf feed
Researchers from Penn State University and Provimi North America conducted a series of five trials to determine the effect of distillers dried grains with soluble (DG) in calf diets.
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Fatty acids impact passive immunity
The aim of this study was to evaluate supplementing linoleic acid to cows during the last two months of pregnancy on transfer of passive immunity to calves.
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Cows vary in ability to transfer IgG to colostrum
A study published in the July Journal of Dairy Science showed large variation in the amount of IgG transferred to colostrum.
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Supplementing waste milk
Waste milk is a common source of nutrients for preweaned calves.
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First-lactation benefit to feeding whole milk
In a recently published study, heifers fed whole milk before weaning produced more milk during their first lactation than those fed milk replacer as calves.
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Proper nutrition needed in hot weather
Heat-stressed calves require more energy to regulate their body temperature and maintain growth.
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More frequent meals may benefit calves
A recent study at the University of Minnesota Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Facility in St. Paul, Minn., set out to determine if increased feeding frequency of smaller meals of milk replacer increased grain intake in calves compared with conventional twice-daily milk feeding.
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