Weanling pigs (n = 176), 21 to 26 d of age (average initial weight, 7.1 kg), were used to evaluate the effects of weaning time (evening vs morning) and feeding time (immediate vs delayed) on postweaning performance. Pigs were randomly allotted within litters to four treatments in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement as follows: 1) weaning at 2000 with immediate feeding, 2) weaning at 2000 with 12-h de...

Data for this linecrossing study were the postweaning growth and weight records of calves born from 1967 through 1975. The records consisted of 264 bull (M) and 263 heifer (F) straightline (SL) calves; 108 M and 100 F two-line rotational cross (2W) calves; 130 M and 102 F three-line rotational cross (3W) calves and 58 M and 51 F synthetic variety (SV) calves, all in the Hereford breed. Average ...

Over 2 yr, 45 Angus-sired steer offspring of Angus and Angus crossbred females were used to determine the effects of early weaning on feedlot performance, carcass characteristics, and economic return to the cow-calf enterprise. Steers were assigned by birth date to one of two weaning treatments: 1) weaned at an average age of 100 d (early weaned) or 2) weaned at an average age of 200 d (normall...

We investigated the effects of gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) challenge on activity in first season grazing lambs naturally exposed to two different levels multispecies GIN infections. Ewes and their twin-born were turned-out graze permanent pasture enclosures contaminated with previous year, thereby exposing them overwintering strongyle larvae. Animals low parasite exposure group (LP) deworme...

ABSTRACT: This study measured milk and solid feed intake in pre- weaning period postweaning of Nellore calves, to correlated them with performance traits ingestive behavior animals classified as most least efficient. During pre phase, efficiency was evaluated 51 cow-calf pairs from 21±5 days after calving until weaning. post-weaning only male calves (n=23) were evaluated. Pre-weaning estimated ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of roasted soybean and sunflower meal on the consumption and growth performance of lambs from the Blackhead Pleven Breed. The results indicated that the addition of roasted soybean caused the lambs to grow significantly faster than those fed sunflower meal (P

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of tylvalosin (Aivlosin Water Soluble Granules, ECO Animal Health) in drinking water for control of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M hyo) on a farm with chronic enzootic pneumonia (EP) problems and high prevalence of mycoplasma-like lesions at slaughter. DESIGN On a 4000-sow farm in the southeast of Spain, 1500 animals of same ag...