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Good digestion is a broad term in calf rearing. It is often used to describe the avoidance of diarrhoea, but there is more to it than that. Milk is digested both in the abomasum and in the intestine. Pre-digestion takes place in the abomasum using acid and enzymes (including clotting). This allows the calf to better absorb the nutrients offered at the intestinal level….

There is no doubt anymore about the necessity of good colostrum management. Many studies have established that the health and results of the calves clearly improve when good quality, clean colostrum is fed in ample amounts. The effect of feeding transition milk (no colostrum and no milk, but what’s in between from milkings 2 to 6) is also becoming more and more known. The results appear to be good, especially with regard to the intestinal health and growth of the calf….

The most common milk mixing error is a mistake in the concentration of the milk. The advice is to add 150 g of milk powder for every liter of milk. However, it is very easy to make the understandable mistake of mixing 150 g of milk powder with one liter of water. This will increase the total quantity of milk because the 150 g of powder will increase the volume of the final mix. In 10 liters of mixed milk there should be 1.5 kg of powder. If you add those 1.5 kg to 10 liters of water, the overall outcome……

Denkamilk Topmilk contains a balanced protein and energy level. The product is characterised by absolute top performance, even for calves in heavy conditions. Livestock farmers who want high juvenile growth or milk powder consumption are advised to try Denkamilk Topmilk….

In this article, we discuss what is actually in the calf milk replacer. Of course, the main ingredient of calf milk replacers (CMR) is… milk! Together with vegetable components, milk ingredients used to deliver the total nutrient package for the optimum growth and performance of calves. In this article, we are going to elaborate more on protein components used in calf milk replacers….

To let calves have a safe and perfect start, and also farms get optimal benefits with reasonable investment, choosing the right feeding schedule of calf milk replacer is essential….