Effect of pelleted vs. ground starter with or without hay on preweaned dairy calves.

Effect of pelleted vs. ground starter with or without hay on preweaned dairy calves.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the physical form of starter and inclusion of hay in the diet of preweaning dairy calves on performance, digestibility, ruminal development, and mRNA expression of genes involved in ruminal metabolism. Holstein × Gyr crossbred male calves (n...

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Main Authors: Aloma Eiterer Leão, Sandra Gesteira Coelho, Rafael Alves Azevedo, Mariana Magalhães Campos, Fernanda Samarini Machado, Juliana Guimarães Laguna, Alexandre Lima Ferreira, Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro Pereira, Thierry Ribeiro Tomich, Suely de Fátima Costa, Marco Antônio Machado, Daniele Ribeiro de Lima Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234610

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