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Ambient Temperature, Calf Intakes, And Weight Gains On Preweaned Dairy Calves, Sheldon D. Holt
Ambient Temperature, Calf Intakes, And Weight Gains On Preweaned Dairy Calves, Sheldon D. Holt
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
There has been little research conducted on the physiological response of calves to temperatures outside thermal neutrality and its effects on intake and weight gain. The effects of ambient temperature on Holstein dairy calves intakes and weight gain were evaluated over a 12-month period at the Utah State University Caine Dairy.
Ambient temperature was monitored using a weather station located 1.3 kilometers from the dairy. Calf health was monitored daily using the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine scoring criteria. Calves were fed whole milk and free choice calf starter. Weight gain, wither and hip height, starter intake, and …