Suckling and allosuckling behavior of dairy calves in indoor dam-rearing systems [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceAn important element in dairy cow-calf contact (CCC) systems is to ensure sufficient milk intake by calves. However, little is known about possible changes in suckling behavior during suckling periods for calves up to 15 weeks old, and the prevalence of ...
Lars Rönnegård +2 more
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Dam–calf contact rearing in Switzerland: Aspects of management and milking
Journal of Dairy Science: Cow–calf contact (CCC) rearing is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to the common practice of early separation of cow and calf in dairy management.
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Behavior of calves reared with half-day contact with their dams
Journal of Dairy Science, 2023 : Dam-calf contact has been suggested to improve animal welfare in dairy calves, but practical and economical concerns have led to interest in half-day contact between cows and their calves.
Maja Bertelsen, Margit Bak Jensen
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Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2016 AbstractIn the dairy industry it is common practice to separate cow and calf shortly after birth but this practice is disputed because of animal welfare concerns. Some producers, in many countries, milk cows that also nurse dairy calves. These cow–calf systems allow nursing as well as affiliative and other natural behaviours.
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Foster dams rear fighters: strain-specific effects of within-strain fostering on aggressive behavior in male mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 It is well known that genes and environment interact to produce behavioral phenotypes. One environmental factor with long-term effects on gene transcription and behavior is maternal care.
Kimberly H Cox +2 more
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Effect of dairy calf rearing systems on affective states [PDF]
Discover AnimalsDairy calves are typically reared in environments that differ greatly from naturalistic conditions: separated from their dam after birth, housed without peer contact, and unable to graze or have outdoor access.
Malina Suchon +2 more
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Effect of DGAT1 gene mutation in sows of dam-line on the composition of the produced milk and piglet rearing during 21-day lactation [PDF]
African Journal of Biotechnology, 2015 Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 gene (DGAT1) involved in the synthesis and transport of triglycerides is located on chromosome 4 in pigs, in the region with about 200 QTLs responsible among other things for: fat thickness, daily gains, fat content and composition of fatty acids.
Katarzyna Piórkowska
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Effects of an optimized dairy calf-rearing protocol on performance and health in the subsequent fattening period on Swiss veal farms [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal ScienceWe conducted a prospective field study to characterize the effects of an optimized rearing protocol of calves on dairy-farms on the subsequent performance, health and antimicrobial use (AMU) at the veal-farm. On 19 dairy-farms a total of 55 matched pairs
Julia Rell +5 more
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A survey on management of milk feeding, weaning and housing of conventional and organic dairy calves in Europe [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria ScandinavicaBackground To safeguard dairy calf welfare, European legislative recommendations on milk feeding practices and minimum standards on housing of calves exist. However, studies providing a general overview of common practices on milk-fed calf rearing across
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A survey on growth indices and intestinal enzymes activity affected by feeding Beluga juveniles (Huso huso) subjected to a diet containing different levels of dietary -sodium chloride (NaCl) [PDF]
تغذیه آبزیان, 2020 The current study carried out to investigate the effects of adding salt (NaCl) in the diet of beluga, Huso huso and its impacts both on the function of intestinal enzymes and growth indices and food efficiency.
Sommayeh Hasanpour +4 more
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