Ad Libitum Water Intake by Neonatal Calves and Its Relationship to Calf Starter Intake, Weight Gain, Feces Score, and Season

Kertz, A.F.; Reutzel, L.F.; Mahoney, J.H.

doi:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(84)81660-4

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“…The supply of water to newborns is important since the first weeks of life because it is highly related to the concentrate intake (Kertz et al, 1984). The concentrate is offered to animals from the first day of life for 33%, from the fifth day of life for 38%, and only from the fifteenth day for 19% of the properties.…”

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A survey of dairy calf management practices in some producing regions in Brazil

Santos

Bittar

2015

R. Bras. Zootec.

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-This study aimed to characterize the Brazilian dairy calves raising systems through a survey of major aspects of animal husbandry. One hundred seventy-nine producers and/or technicians were interviewed. The questionnaire addressed issues related to the management of the dry cow and the newborn, nutritional management of the liquid-feeding phase, housing, and health management. A third of newborn calves stay with their mothers for more than 24 h after delivery, and only 56% of the calves receive colostrum within the first 8 h of life. Four out of ten producers allow the calf to suckle colostrum directly from the mother. Regarding the liquid diet, 44 and 35% of the farms provide marketable milk and discard milk for the calves, respectively. It was possible to identify several areas of improvement in the raising system; for instance, greater attention could be given to dry cows and the monitoring of births and to the establishment of adequate protocols to evaluate colostrum quality and feeding management.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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A survey of dairy calf management practices in some producing regions in Brazil

Santos

Bittar

2015

R. Bras. Zootec.

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“…Concentrate was offered from the first day in 40% of the properties and from the second to the fifteenth day in the others. The early water supply is important because it affects the initial consumption of concentrate (KERTZ et al, 1984). On the other hand, the consumption of concentrate as early as possible stimulates rumen development and enables early weaning of calves (QUIGLEY et al, 1991).…”

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Characterization of the factors associated with the growth phase of dairy cattle in family farming

Ferrazza

Moura

Lopes

2018

SCA

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The aim of this study was to characterize the factors associated with the growth phase of dairy cattle used in family farming. We investigated 20 family-run milk production systems located in the Conceição de Ipanema municipality, MG, Brazil. Farmers were interviewed using a semi-structured survey form containing 152 questions. The questions were aimed at characterizing the farmer, herd, and husbandry system at pre-and post-weaning phases. Data were processed by using Sphinx ® software, and descriptive analyses were performed in MS Excel ® software. The results showed strengths, including navel healing (100%), location of the calf housing above (45%) or next to the pen (35%), and existence of a sanitary calendar (90%). However, several limitations in the management of calves and heifers were identified, such as lack of zootechnical bookkeeping (55%), manual milking with calf at the foot (65%), absence of herd sizing (100%), no routine weighing of calves (95%), incorrect colostrum management (80%), non-supply of transition milk to calves (85%), and likely failure to diagnose diseases by a fraction of the farmers. Thus, training regarding adequate management practices by extension technicians is imperative, along with the formulation of public policies that comply with the aspirations of family farmers, while promoting their economic and social sustainability.

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“…Water, always an essential nutrient, is most important for calves living outside their critical temperature range, being fed a diet high in total milk solids or when they are scouring (Kertz et al, 1984 ). The water requirement, even at birth, cannot be provided solely through the liquid feed.…”

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“…Calves provided water between feedings may be less likely to leave warm bedding to drink water and therefore drink less. At all temperatures, water intake promotes starter intake (Kertz et al, 1984 ). in individual pens, lower calf density in group pens, and increase time between successive occupants of individual and group pens to improve infectious disease control.…”

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Management of Dairy Calves from Birth to Weaning

McGuirk

2011

Dairy Production Medicine

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Calves represent the future of the dairy and, as such, management during the critical stage from birth to weaning is critical to the development, health, productivity, and profi tability of the future replacement heifers. The perinatal period is one of the most vulnerable times in the life of the calf, and attention to the details of calving and calf viability immediately after birth can prevent the losses commonly encountered in the fi rst 48 h of life. New concepts in colostrum management not only reinforce the importance of colostral immune factors on calf health but also emphasize its longer term impact on intestinal, ruminal, and metabolic development as well as the impact on endocrine status, growth, productivity, and survival. Nutritional management concepts have changed and are now appropriately focused on targeted growth with components and delivery systems that promote welfare, performance, and future production. Whether young calves are housed in individual or group pens, important principles of housing management can be applied to insure the health and welfare of preweaned calves. Routine health maintenance practices, preventive health screening, and effective treatment protocols should be strategically integrated into the management of young calves to optimize health, minimize stress, cost, and the possibility of doing harm.

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Ad Libitum Water Intake by Neonatal Calves and Its Relationship to Calf Starter Intake, Weight Gain, Feces Score, and Season

Cited by 96 publications

References 7 publications

A survey of dairy calf management practices in some producing regions in Brazil

A survey of dairy calf management practices in some producing regions in Brazil

Characterization of the factors associated with the growth phase of dairy cattle in family farming

Management of Dairy Calves from Birth to Weaning

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