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Thermoregulatory Responses and Performance of Dairy Calves Fed Different Amounts of Colostrum.
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- A Comprehensive Review of Bovine Colostrum Components and Selected Aspects Regarding Their Impact on Neonatal Calf Physiology.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Enrichment of medium-quality colostrum by adding colostrum replacer, combined or not with transition milk in the feeding of dairy calves.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of perinatal exposure to daily maximum THI and THI fluctuations on serum total proteins and health of preweaned Holstein heifers raised in a dry climate.Journal of animal science · 2024Article
- Strategies and Mechanisms of Thermal Compensation in Newborn Water Buffaloes.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Colostrum Composition, Characteristics and Management for Buffalo Calves: A Review.Veterinary sciences · 2023Review
- Vitality in Newborn Farm Animals: Adverse Factors, Physiological Responses, Pharmacological Therapies, and Physical Methods to Increase Neonate Vigor.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Blood transcriptome reveals immune and metabolic-related genes involved in growth of pasteurized colostrum-fed calves.Frontiers in genetics · 2023Article
- The effect of birth weight and time of day on the thermal response of newborn water buffalo calves.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Neonatal infrared thermography images in the hypothermic ruminant model: Anatomical-morphological-physiological aspects and mechanisms for thermoregulation.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
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Abstract
This study investigates the newborn thermoregulatory responses to cold and the performance of calves fed different colostrum volumes. Thirty newborn Holstein calves were blocked by birth body weight (BW; 39.4 ± 6.5 kg) and fed different high-quality colostrum volumes: 10%, 15%, or 20% of BW, which was split and fed at 2 and 8 h after birth. At 24 h of life, calves were placed in a chamber at 10 °C for 150 min. Skin and rectal temperature (RT), heart and respiratory rate, and shivering were measured every 15 min. Blood samples were taken every 30 min. After the cold challenge, calves were housed in ambient temperature (26.8 ± 5.9 °C), with free access to water and concentrate and received 6 L/d of milk replacer. Feed intake, fecal score, and RT were recorded daily, until 56 d of age. Blood samples, BW, and body measures were taken weekly. During the cold challenge, prescapular temperature and total serum protein were greater for calves fed 15% or 20%. Leukocytes increased preweaning, presenting higher values for calves fed 20%. Even though there was a benefit for the calf submitted to cold stress on the first day of life, feeding higher volumes of colostrum resulted in no differences in performance during the preweaning phase. Nevertheless, calves fed a higher volume of colostrum (20% BW) presented increased immune responses during the preweaning phase.
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