Off Breast-Feeding Days of Age Affect Nutrient Digestion and Serum Biochemical Indices of Calves

GUO Feng, TU Yan, SI Bingwen, CHAI Jianmin, DIAO Qiyu

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2015.02.013

Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition >

2015 , Vol. 27 >Issue 2: 426 - 435

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2015.02.013

Ruminant Nutrition

Off Breast-Feeding Days of Age Affect Nutrient Digestion and Serum Biochemical Indices of Calves

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1. Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
2. Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China

Received date: 2014-08-26

Online published: 2015-02-09

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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different off breast-feeding days of age on nutrient digestion and serum biochemical indices of calves. Sixty Angus×Simmental beef calves were randomly allotted to five treatments with 12 calves per treatment (half male and half female) by body weight and days of age. Calves in experimental groups were off breast-feeding at 28 (28A), 42 (42B), 56 (56C) and 70 days of age (70D), respectively, and then were fed milk replacer till 90 days of age; calves in control group (group CK) were breast-fed till 150 days of age. The experiment was carried on from birth to 150 days of age of calves, and body weight (0, 70, 90 and 150 days of age) and serum biochemical indices (70, 90 and 150 days of age) were determined. Two periods of digestion and metabolism experiments were carried on using 6 calves from each treatment before (85 to 90 days of age) and after weaning (145 to 150 days of age). Each period consisted of a 2-day pre-experiment and a 4-day experiment. The results showed as follows: 1) there were no significant differences in body weight among groups during the whole experimental period (P>0.05). 2) There were no significant differences for nutrient digestibility before weaning (P>0.05), while after weaning, groups 28A and 42B had significantly higher dry matter digestibility compared with groups 56C and 70D (P<0.05), and had significantly higher organic matter digestibility compared with group 70D (P<0.05), the digestibility in group 42B was slightly higher than that in group 28A. 3) There were no significant differences in serum contents of glucose, total protein, triglyceride, urea nitrogen, cholesterol, haptoglobin, interleukin-2, insulin-like growth factor-1, immunoglobulin M among groups 28A, 42B and CK (P>0.05), while serum immunoglobulins G and A contents in groups 28A and 42B were significantly lower and higher than those in group CK (P<0.05), and the contents in group 42B was slightly higher than those in group 28A. In conclusion, the optimal off breast-feeding days of age of Angus×Simmental calves is 42 days.

Key words： red Angus; weaning; milk replacer; nutrient digestibility; serum index

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GUO Feng, TU Yan, SI Bingwen, CHAI Jianmin, DIAO Qiyu . Off Breast-Feeding Days of Age Affect Nutrient Digestion and Serum Biochemical Indices of Calves[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2015 , 27(2) : 426 -435 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2015.02.013

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