The use of preserved colostrum for rearing replacement dairy calves: calf performance, economics and on-farm practicability in Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Karioki, D.I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gitau, G.K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Munyua, S.J.M. | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-12T08:20:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-12T08:20:46Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2013 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A total of 133 observations on mean daily mass gains from 19 calves reared on either whole milk (control) or preserved colostrum (treatment) were estimated. The control group had a total of 104 observations computed, while the treatment group had a total of 29 observations. There was no significant difference in the overall mean daily mass gains between the treatment and control groups which were 0,2257 and 0,3607 kg, respectively (P < 0,1 ). Partial budgeting analysis estimated that with an annual calf crop of 80 calves, the use of preserved colostrum would result in a direct saving of an estimated US$1 ,800 per year for the farm. | en |
| dc.description.librarian | mn2013 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Canadian International Development Agency (C.I.D.A.) through the University of Nairobi-University of Guelph. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Karioki, DI, Gitau, GK & Munyua, SJM 1995, 'The use of preserved colostrum for rearing replacement dairy calves: calf performance, economics and on-farm practicability in Kenya’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 167-170. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31687 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute | en |
| dc.rights | © ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). | en |
| dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en |
| dc.subject | Preserved colostrum | en |
| dc.subject | Dairy calves | en |
| dc.subject | Calf performance | en |
| dc.subject | Economics | en |
| dc.subject | On-farm practicability | en |
| dc.subject | Kenya | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
| dc.title | The use of preserved colostrum for rearing replacement dairy calves: calf performance, economics and on-farm practicability in Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |