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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 87-88-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 506; Dairy; Potassium; Gain; Feed consumption
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Effect Of Buffers And Supplemental Potassium In Diets Of Early-Weaned Calves (1986), K.J. Jordan, J.L. Morrill, P.G. Reddy, James J. Higgins
Effect Of Buffers And Supplemental Potassium In Diets Of Early-Weaned Calves (1986), K.J. Jordan, J.L. Morrill, P.G. Reddy, James J. Higgins
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Potassium chloride added to the prestarter and/or potassium bicarbonate added to the starter fed to early weaned calves helped maintain normal blood alkalinity and normal levels of blood gases, and resulted in a trend toward increased feed consumption. Potassium bicarbonate added to the starter tended to improve weight gains.; Dairy Day, 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1986;