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Trace minerals source in calf starters interacts with birth weights to affect growth performance

Scientific Reports, 2022
The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of partial replacement of inorganic minerals (IM) with trace minerals in advance chelate components form in starter diets for calves of different birth weights on performance, health, and ...
M. A. Mousavi-Haghshenas, F. Hashemzadeh, G. R. Ghorbani, E. Ghasemi, H. Rafiee, M. H. Ghaffari   +5 more
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First union formation in urban Burkina Faso: Competing relationship transitions to marriage or cohabitation

Demographic Research, 2016
Background: In several African cities the prevalence of unmarried cohabitation among youth has risen considerably. Because of its potentially negative implications for women and their children, in some countries cohabitation has even become a matter of ...
Anne-Emmanuèle Calvès
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Calves are socially motivated [PDF]

JDS Communications, 2022
Most dairy calves are housed individually in the first weeks and sometimes months of their lives. Lack of social interaction can negatively impact feed intake, social skills, coping abilities, and cognitive performance, but the motivation of calves to seek companionship has seldom been investigated.
Thomas Ede, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk   +2 more
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Early-Life Dam-Calf Contact and Grazing Experience Influence Post-Weaning Behavior and Herbage Selection of Dairy Calves in the Short Term

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Rearing dairy calves with their mothers could teach them how to graze, optimizing grass use, and improving their welfare and performance. We tested the short-term effects of dam-calf contact experience on grazing and social behavior of weaned calves ...
Alessandra Nicolao, Alessandra Nicolao, Mauro Coppa, Matthieu Bouchon, Enrico Sturaro, Dominique Pomiès, Bruno Martin, Madeline Koczura   +7 more
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Effects of intake-based weaning and forage type on feeding behavior and growth of dairy calves fed by automated feeders

Journal of Dairy Science, 2022
: The objective of this study was to assess the effects of intake-based weaning methods and forage type on feeding behavior and growth of dairy calves.
A. Welk, H.W. Neave, H.B. Spitzer, M.A.G. von Keyserlingk, D.M. Weary   +4 more
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Effect of Group and Individual Breeding on Performance, Blood Parameters, Ruminal Fermentation, Behavior and Health of Dairy Calves [PDF]

پژوهشهای علوم دامی ایران, 2022
Introduction: In most dairy farms, calves are housed individually during the milk-feeding period and will only introduce to social groups after weaning.
Fatemeh Ahmadi, Ebrahim Ghasemi, Masoud Alikhani, Majid Akbarian-Tefaghi   +3 more
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Evidence for simple volcanic rifting not complex subduction initiation in the Laxmi Basin

Nature Communications, 2020
Recently, Pandey et al proposed relict subduction initiation occurred along a passive margin in the northwest Indian Ocean. Here, Clift et al question the evidence for subduction initiation, suggesting that simpler rifting-related processes can more ...
Peter D. Clift, Gérôme Calvès, Tara N. Jonell   +2 more
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Effect of rest, post-rest transport duration, and conditioning on performance, behavioural, and physiological welfare indicators of beef calves

PLoS ONE, 2022
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of conditioning, rest, and post-rest transport duration on welfare indicators of 6–7 mo old beef calves following a 20-h transport.
Daniela M. Meléndez, Sonia Marti, Derek B. Haley, Timothy D. Schwinghamer, Xiaohui Yang, Karen S. Schwartzkopf-Genswein   +5 more
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Effects of Social Housing on Dairy Calf Social Bonding

Animals, 2022
Social housing for dairy calves has a range of benefits for social development, yet there is limited understanding of how social bonds form early in life.
Emily E. Lindner, Katie N. Gingerich, Katharine C. Burke, Samantha B. Doyle, Emily K. Miller-Cushon   +4 more
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Fecal shedding and tissue infections demonstrate transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in group-housed dairy calves

Veterinary Research, 2017
Current Johne’s disease control programs primarily focus on decreasing transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) from infectious adult cows to susceptible calves.
Caroline S. Corbett, Jeroen De Buck, Karin Orsel, Herman W. Barkema   +3 more
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