Previous work at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contributed to the development of an early weaning program (see 1984 Dairy Day, Report of Progress 460). This program involves the use of a prestarter, which is a specially prepared feed intended to encourage early dry feed consumption and rumen development. Because all of the carbohydrate in the prestarter is lactose and because the rumen of the very young calf is not adapted to utilization of starch, rapid fermentation might cause excessive acidity in the developing rumen, a condition that might be avoided by adding a buffer to the prestarter. This experiment was conducted to test that hypothesis.; Dairy Day, 1985, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1985
Drought, defined as less than 75% of normal rainfall, occurs once every 5 to 7 years in Northwest Ka...
Early weaning can be used by cow-calf producers to reduce stocking rates by 20% to 30% during drough...
The ability of beef cows to produce heavy, vigorous and good quality calves every year is one of the...
Previous work at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contributed to the development of an ea...
After preliminary experiments, four trials were conducted to develop and test a new feeding program ...
Three starters containing differently processed protein supplements were fed to Holstein heifer calv...
Potassium chloride added to the prestarter and/or potassium bicarbonate added to the starter fed to ...
One experiment was conducted to compare an early weaning program, using a prestarter , when calves w...
Feeding milk at 8% of birthweight and gradual weaning resulted in the most consistent increases in w...
An experimental calf-starter diet containing roasted whole soybeans, buffer and dehydrated alfalfa p...
Accelerating the weaning age of calves appeared to increase their ruminal metabolic activity. This w...
Two trials were conducted to determine if precalving protein intake would influence calf birth weigh...
The influence of cow weight at parturition and during the lactation on preweaning performance of ca...
Sixty Holstein heifers were used from birth to 8 weeks of age to study the effect of amount of potas...
An experimental calf starter made from a pelleted commercial type supplement and feeds readily avail...
Drought, defined as less than 75% of normal rainfall, occurs once every 5 to 7 years in Northwest Ka...
Early weaning can be used by cow-calf producers to reduce stocking rates by 20% to 30% during drough...
The ability of beef cows to produce heavy, vigorous and good quality calves every year is one of the...
Previous work at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contributed to the development of an ea...
After preliminary experiments, four trials were conducted to develop and test a new feeding program ...
Three starters containing differently processed protein supplements were fed to Holstein heifer calv...
Potassium chloride added to the prestarter and/or potassium bicarbonate added to the starter fed to ...
One experiment was conducted to compare an early weaning program, using a prestarter , when calves w...
Feeding milk at 8% of birthweight and gradual weaning resulted in the most consistent increases in w...
An experimental calf-starter diet containing roasted whole soybeans, buffer and dehydrated alfalfa p...
Accelerating the weaning age of calves appeared to increase their ruminal metabolic activity. This w...
Two trials were conducted to determine if precalving protein intake would influence calf birth weigh...
The influence of cow weight at parturition and during the lactation on preweaning performance of ca...
Sixty Holstein heifers were used from birth to 8 weeks of age to study the effect of amount of potas...
An experimental calf starter made from a pelleted commercial type supplement and feeds readily avail...
Drought, defined as less than 75% of normal rainfall, occurs once every 5 to 7 years in Northwest Ka...
Early weaning can be used by cow-calf producers to reduce stocking rates by 20% to 30% during drough...
The ability of beef cows to produce heavy, vigorous and good quality calves every year is one of the...