Anna A Melnikova, Anna N Maslyuk

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2023. Vol. 106, no 4. Р. 135-147.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-106-4-135

 Original article

The effectiveness of different feeding schemes for suckling calves

 

Anna A Melnikova1, Anna N Maslyuk2

1Agricultural production complex "Plamya", Nevyanskoye, Sverdlovsk region, Russia

2Ural State Agrarian University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

1mielnikovaa@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7290-5378

2an.masliuk@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6077-2462

 

Abstract. The techniques of using liquid milk feeds as an alternative to whole milk, which allow enriching the diet of suckling calves with biologically active substances to improve their growth characteristics and economic indicators of raising, are becoming more and more important in the practice of rearing replacement calves. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effectiveness of calf feeding schemes using whole milk, milk replacer (MRE) and the inclusion of a milk fortifier. The results showed that higher  average  daily  gains were noted when using schemes with milk replacer - 953 g and milk fortifier - 942 g. Heifers raised according to the scheme with milk fortifier differed in body shape at the end of the experiment. They were more stretched out, massive, with a well-developed chest. The use of alternative liquid feeds during the suckling period of calves ensured greater consumption of concentrated feeds and their productive effect. The total cost of feed per 1 kg of gain during the suckling period was the lowest in the group raised using the Calvobooster milk fortifier in an amount of 25% of the norm for whole milk, the difference was 91 rubles (26.7%). The incidence of calves in this group was also lower. The greater consumption of energy and nutrients by calves influenced the course of metabolic processes in the body, which led to changes in the biochemical parameters of the blood.

Key words: calves, whole milk replacer, milk fortifier, feed costs, biochemical analysis

For citation: Melnikova AA, Maslyuk AN. The effectiveness of different feeding schemes for suckling calves. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2023;106(4):135-147. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-106-4-135

 

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Information about the authors:

Anna A Melnikova, livestock specialist at the agricultural production complex “Plamya”, Sverdlovsk region, Nevyanskoye village, st. Lenina, 38. tel.: 8-950-196-95-78.

Anna N Maslyuk, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Associate Professor of the Department of Animal Engineering, Ural State Agrarian University, 620075, Ekaterinburg, st. K. Liebknechta, 42, tel.: 8-912-690-58-90.

The article was submitted 18.09.2023; approved after reviewing 09.10.2023; accepted for publication 11.12.2023.

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