Op-die-plaas voeding programme underfeed kalwers deur'n groot marge, en dit is maklik om te sien waarom morbiditeit en mortaliteit tariewe kan dramaties verhoog. Calf Distinction encourages producers to reap the health benefits that come with feeding a higher plane of nutrition.
Die voordeel van vroeë voeding op gut gesondheid, while benefiting feed efficiency may have a greater benefit in reducing morbidity and mortality and thereby improving farm profitability.
- The immune system needs energy — provided by the calf’s fat stores — to respond to a disease challenge.
- “Wanneer dit kom by die stryd teen'n infeksie, die immuunstelsel is meer belangrik vir die wen van die stryd as die medikasie. Kalwers in'n negatiewe energiebalans, of met minimale vet winkels, kan nie voldoende brandstof die immuunstelsel,"sê Dr. Jim Reynolds. In teenstelling met wat sommige produsente is van mening, hierdie maer kuite is nie normaal nie. Hierdie maer kalwers beteken meer siek kalwers en meer dooie kalwers. Kalwers moet word groeiende vir entstowwe of antibiotika te werk.
- Suiwelkalwers ly as gevolg van wanvoeding is meer vatbaar vir diarree, pneumonia and other infectious diseases.
Wat’s in dit vir Jou!
Ten spyte van geen verskil in kalwing ouderdom, die daaropvolgende melk produksie is verbeter 2500 lb of 1100 kg in calves which were provided a greater plane of nutrition during the milk feeding period.
Opsomming van ander navorsing
Kalwers gevoer word 16-18 lb (8 liter) vs. 8 lb (4 liter)/dag.
- Denemarke 1994 + 3090 lb
- Denemarke 1997 + 1144 lb
- New York 2005 + 1543 lb
- Michigan 2006 + 1100 lb
- Minnesota 2009 + 2200 lb
- Beteken Reaksie + 1680 lb
