Incidence of iron deficiency in crossbred cow calves reared on pucca floor.

The article presents a study on the prevalence of iron deficiency in crossbred cow calves reared on pucca floor in India. For the study, researchers initiated a survey to note the incidence of iron deficiency anemia in 115 crossbred cow calves in the age group of 1-3 months reared on pucca floor. They found 45.2 percent of the calves had iron deficiency, in which 27.8 percent of them had iron deficiency anaemia and 17.4 percent of them had latent iron deficiency.