A Comparison of Once-daily and Twice-daily Feeding of Milk Replacers to Dairy Calves
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Thirty-two Friesian calves less than one week old were purchased at a country market and fed a milk replacer at two rates, the feed being given as either one or two feeds only. Lucerne hay was available ad libitum from the start of the trial with restricted access to crushed oats after one month. The mean body weights of the once.-daily fed calves were higher than those of the twice-daily fed calves. The incidence of scouring was lower in the once-daily fed calves.
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