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Abstract
The effect of milk replacer and whole milk on performance of holstein calves growth
Peiman Eivazi, Mahtab Jalili and Naser Dadgar
Calf milk replacers are cheaper than whole cow milk. milk replacers are an excellent source of nutrition for
calves prior to weaning. Milk replacer don’t have the risk of waste milk and hospital milk. 32 newborn Holestein
calves were used. The animals were divided into four groups in wich the control group were fed cow milk. The
average daily gain and daily height were measured throughout the trial which lasted for two months. The data
were statistically analyzed using completely randomized design. The treatment with cow milk showed high daily
gain and daily height (p<0.05). This experiment demonstrated that calves could be reared with milk replacer,
without any problem on growth, feed intake and water consume.
