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Growth rate, health and welfare in a dairy herd with natural suckling until 6–8 weeks of age: a case report
Over a period of two years, growth rate and health were measured for dairy calves allowed to suckle their mothers up to 6–8 weeks of age. Thirty-one calves were weighted weekly, and the mean daily growth rate was 1.2 ± 0.03 kg from birth up to 13 weeks of age. Illness in calves and young stock was n...
Autores principales: | Grøndahl, Ann Margaret, Skancke, Ellen Margrete, Mejdell, Cecilie Marie, Jansen, Johan Høgset |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913533/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17587462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-49-16 |
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