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Calf rearing : a practical guide /
Calf Rearing is recognised as one of the most informative and accessible guides on the subject, covering growth, nutrition, health and behaviour, with descriptions of various calf raising systems and facilities.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Collingwood, Vic. :
Landlinks Press,
©2002.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chemical warning
- Introduction
- The principles of digestion of feed in calves
- The importance of colostrum to newborn calves
- Nutrient requirements of calves
- Obtaining the calves
- Milk feeding of calves
- Calf milk replacers
- Solid feeds for calves
- Communicating with the calf
- Disease prevention in calves
- Housing of calves
- Welfare aspects of calf rearing
- Post-weaning management
- Economics of calf rearing
- Best management practices for rearing dairy replacement heifer
- Appendix 1: John Morans 10 golden rules of calf rearing
- Appendix 2: John Morans golden rules of heifer rearing.