Digestive problems are common in calves between birth and weaning, and about 25% of pre-weaned heifer population in the US commonly presents diarrhea. Moreover, about 57% of the mortality in pre-weaned heifers is due to ...

Ten experiments were conducted to investigate effects of Cu from Cu hydroxychloride on growth performance, digestibility of nutrients, intestinal microbial protein, immune response, intestinal permeability, and lipid ...

Overconsumption of energy during the dry period has been linked to metabolic disorders during early lactation. Controlled energy, high fiber diets during the dry period have been shown to decrease postpartal body lipid ...

Cattle spend many hours per day chewing, either eating or ruminating. Comminution of feed and digesta particles affects the kinetics of digestion and passage, and can also affect voluntary feed intake. These, in turn, ...

A three-part study was carried out to investigate the potential effects of flavors on feed consumption of dairy cows in early lactation. Two sequential elimination trials, each with six multiparous Holstein cows, were ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of harvest cut height and foliar fungicide application on brown mid-rib (BMR) whole plant corn silage (WPCS) yield, chemical composition, and in situ degradability. ...

Promotion of intestinal health in preruminant dairy calves is essential for growth and overall health. Yet, a large proportion of dairy calves in the United States is affected by enteric challenges in the preweaning period. ...

Negative energy balance (NEB) during the first weeks postpartum is associated with infertility in dairy cows. A meta-analysis approach was used to investigate the association between prepartum energy feeding regimen, ...

Milk proteins (more specifically whey proteins) typically are the primary component of milk replacers (MR) and have been considered to be the gold standard for calves, because the lack of anti-nutritional factors and high ...