Automatic Calf Feeder Management
Jennifer Bentley ( December, 2017 )
Summary
Automatic calf feeding systems have been introduced to reduce physical labor while emphasizing labor on monitoring and managing calf health and performance on a more flexible schedule. Increasing the feeding rate and the number of portions fed per day may improve body weight gain, increase starter intake, improve feed efficiency, and increase survival of calves through their first lactation. Feeding calves in groups also allows calves to express some natural behaviors that cannot be expressed when they are housed individually.
Details
| Organization | Iowa State University Extension |
| Publisher | https://rvs.umn.edu/Uploads/EducationalMaterials/42737e51-9f9a-4cc0-b4eb-3b6cb7a5d9c3.pdf |
| Publication Date | December, 2017 |
| Publication Views | 81 |
| Material Type | Presentation |
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