1. Use of Natural Feed Supplements that Help to Improve Health Status of Calves.
- Author
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Zábranský, Luboš, Šoch, Miloslav, Pániková, Monika, Novák, Pavel, Brouček, Jan, Šimková, Anna, Švejdová, Kateřina, Švarcová, Anna, Frejlach, Tomáš, and Čermák, Bohuslav
- Subjects
FEED additives ,CATTLE feeding & feeds ,CALVES ,CATTLE nutrition ,WEIGHT gain ,PREBIOTICS ,PROBIOTICS ,ANIMAL nutrition ,ANIMAL health - Abstract
The basis for each cattle farming are healthy and strong individuals. The aim of this study was to determine which of the given feed supplements have the greatest effect on live weight gain of calves in the early period after weaning from mother to infant milk substitutes. The research was conducted from July 2014 to December 2014. After the birth calves were weaned into individual boxes in the barn, where during the first 21 days of life their feeding ration was enriched with feed supplements. On the basis of the added supplement calves were divided into three experimental groups and one control group. First weighing of calves was done after birth and the second after 30 days. From the results of observations it can be concluded that feed supplements are accepted positively by calves in the first days of life and have a positive beneficial effect on weight gain and general health of calves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2015