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Effects Of Milk Feeding Strategies On Short- And Long-Term Productivity Of Holstein Cows, M. Garcia, S. R. Montgomery, L. Hulbert, B. Bradford
Effects Of Milk Feeding Strategies On Short- And Long-Term Productivity Of Holstein Cows, M. Garcia, S. R. Montgomery, L. Hulbert, B. Bradford
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
The objectives of this study were to determine the impacts of feeding preweaning heifers with a high protein milk replacer (MR) or a raw or pasteurized non-saleable milk (NSM) on preweaning and first lactation performance. Holstein heifers (n = 154) were blocked by birth date and weight (BW) and within block randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: 1) MR (4% protein and 2.6% fat, liquid basis); 2) pasteurized NSM (PNSM, 3.6% protein and 4.1% fat, liquid basis); or 3) raw NSM (RNSM, 3.6% protein and 4.1% fat, liquid basis). Heifers in RNSM were fed raw colostrum whereas heifers in …