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| Roth, B. A.; Barth, K.; Hillmann, E.. |
| In artificial rearing, calves are separated from their dam usually within 24h after birth and any further social contacts to the mother are prevented. Although this is common in practice we expect severe consequences on the health state, weight gain and stress response of the young calf. Two groups of calves suckled by their mother (unrestricted contact, n=14; contact twice daily for 15 minutes each before milking, n=15) were compared to two control groups that were both fed via automatic milk feeder (maximal six times daily, n=14; twice daily, n=14). The calves of the four treatment groups were kept in the same barn and cows were milked twice daily. All calves were weaned at 13 weeks of age. The calves were weighed weekly until 3 weeks after... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/14066/1/Roth_14066.pdf |
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