Abstract
At three locations, 120 calves were fed a high fat milk replacer at 10% of birth weight from d 5 through 13. On d 14, calves were assigned randomly within sex and date of birth to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Treatments were (on a DM basis) high fat milk replacer (21.6%) and high fat starter (7.3%), high fat milk replacer (21.6%) and low fat starter (3.7%), low fat milk replacer (15.6%) and high fat starter (7.3%), and low fat milk replacer (15.6%) and low fat starter (3.7%). Milk replacer was fed at 8% of birth weight/d from d 14 to 35 and at 4% of birth weight/d from d 36 to 42. High fat replacer depressed DMI before and after weaning. High fat starter depressed DMI after weaning. Before weaning, calves gained more BW when fed low fat replacer. Calves fed low fat starter gained more BW after weaning. On d 56, BW were highest for calves fed low fat replacer and starter and lowest for those fed high fat replacer and starter. Growth or health of calves was not improved by fat addition to the diet.
Key words: diet, calf, energy, fat
Abbreviation key: ADG, average daily gain; DE, digestible energy; HH, high fat milk replacer and high fat starter; HL, high fat milk replacer and low fat starter; LH, low fat milk replacer and high fat starter; LL, low fat milk replacer and low fat starter; MR, milk replacer; NWES, Northwest Experiment Station; SES, Southern Experiment Station; SP, St. Paul Campus
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