Once-a-day feeding system compares well with computerised feeder Abstract Last year Northern Irish farmers Chris Catherwood and Jason Rankin won the All Ireland calf rearer of the year award and received a computerised machine as a prize. For the last two years the...
Hay or Straw? Effect of feeding meadow hay or winter barley straw on the performance of artificially reared dairy-bred beef calves to 12 weeks Abstract Studies at Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated that feeding concentrates to young milk fed calves...
Milk fat globule membrane isolated from buttermilk or whey cream and their lipid components inhibit infectivity of rotavirus in vitro. Fuller et al., 2013 Abstract Milk fat is encapsulated in a milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) that contains bioactive glycoproteins and...
Evaluation of early weaning concentrate quality on the performance and health of artificially reared beef calves to 12 weeks Abstract Thirty-eight Continental cross Holstein calves were purchased at a mean age of 18.9 days and artificially reared on milk replacer...
Shine Trial – Evaluation of sodium butyrate and concentrate crude protein level on the health of artificially reared beef calves to 12 weeks by Peter Williams Introduction• In order to artificially rear calves successfully it is important to achieve optimum...
Evaluation of sodium butyrate and concentrate crude protein level on the performance of artificially reared beef calves to 12 weeks by JR Ramsey Abstract Introduction: There has been recent interest in feeding sodium butyrate (SB) to improve the performance of young...
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