Title: Effects of Full and Restricted Winter Rations on Dams and Summer Dropped Suckling Calves Fed Different Rations
Abstract: Winter feeding experiments with summer calves and their dams were conducted for 5 years. During 1955, 1956, and 1957, feeding experiments were conducted to study the effects of feeding 23.9, 18.0, and 15.5 lb. of dry matter daily to dams when the suckling calves were fed two rations in a factorial experiment. The average gains of the dams during the 3 years were 0.52, −.24, and −.37 for the 23.9, 18.0, and 15.5 lb. dry matter rations, respectively. Limiting the ration of the dams did not influence gains of calves. The kind of supplement provided for suckling (July to September) calves, during the winter, had a decided influence on liveweight gains. Calves gained 1.81, 2.20, and 2.21 lb. per head daily when supplemented corn silage-alfalfa orchardgrass hay, corn silage-alfalfa orchardgrass hay-grain and grain alone, respectively. Calves that were restricted to their dam's milk gained only 0.33 lb. daily. The 1952 and 1953 experiments indicate that alfalfa-orchardgrass hay and/or silage are satisfactory forages for dams and their suckling calves.
Publication Year: 1959
Publication Date: 1959-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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