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An Investigation of Colostral IgG in the Neonatal Bovine Intestine from Birth to “Gut Closure”
DownloadFall 2024
IgG absorption from colostrum is essential for transfer of passive immunity in the neonatal calf; despite best practices for colostrum feeding – administering 3L of a colostrum with >50 mg/mL IgG content within 6 hrs of life - some calves still have failure of transfer of passive immunity as...
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Physiological Effects of Feeding High vs Low Levels of Milk Replacer and Starch to Holstein Dairy Calves During the Weaning Transition
DownloadFall 2022
Current calf nutrition programs revolve around two central themes: liquid feed, to provide early nutritional needs for the calf, and calf starter, to provide the stimuli for rumen development to prepare the calf for weaning. It is currently unclear how milk provision and calf starter starch...