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Supplementing Calves With Tallow : Results Of A Trial At Wokalup Research Station, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Supplementing Calves With Tallow : Results Of A Trial At Wokalup Research Station, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE removal of butterfat from milk by separation, reduces the energy content of the milk by about 50 per cent., and must slow the growth of calves unless extra energy is provided from some other source.
In the dairying districts of Western Australia, there has been considerable interest in recent years in the addition of homogenised tallow to skim milk to provide extra energy.
Good calves have been produced by this means.
Tallow As A Substitute For Butterfat In The Diet Of A Young Calf, R. Sprivulis
Tallow As A Substitute For Butterfat In The Diet Of A Young Calf, R. Sprivulis
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WHILE cow's milk is the best food for a young calf it is also very expensive.
The normal substitute for whole milk is skim milk, but removing the butterfat from cow's milk reduces the dry matter content by 30 per cent and the digestible energy by 50 per cent.