Journal of Animal Production, Print ISSN: 2008-6776., Online ISSN: 2382-994X

Effect of amount alfalfa hay and replacing corn grain by other grains in starter on performance of pre and post-weaning Holstein calves- A meta-analysis

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mehdi Mirzaei 1
Ali Sadeghi Sefid Mazaki 2
Mohammad Khorvash 3
Gholam Reza Ghorbani 4
Pirouz Shakeri 5

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

4 Professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

5 Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences Research, Kerman Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Kerman, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jap.2016.55322
Abstract
This study was carried out to assess the effects of alfalfa hay level and replacing corn grain by other grains in starter on daily feed intake, average daily gain (ADG) and feed efficiency (FE) of pre and post-weaning dairy calves during the pre and post-weaning periods. For this purpose, a database Meta-analysis used in the present study. Statistical analyses were performed using PROC MIXED in SAS software. Starter intake and ADG were not affected by alfalfa hay feeding level during the pre-weaning period. However, alfalfa hay feeding tended to increase starter intake during the post-weaning and entire periods (P = 0.07 and P = 0.09, respectively). Further, ADG increased during the post-weaning and entire periods with alfalfa hay supplementation. Starter intake and ADG quadratically affected by the level of alfalfa hay supplementation. At pre-weaning period, feed efficiency tended to decrease (P = 0.06) with alfalfa hay supplementation, but was not different with control group during the post-weaning and entire periods. In addition, partial replacement of corn with other grains increased (P < 0.01) starter intake of dairy calves, but feed efficiency decreased (P < 0.01). Based upon the findings of the present research, alfalfa hay supplementation up to 7.5 % of the total diet could improve starter intake and ADG in dairy calves at post-weaning period. Further, it is possible to replace corn with other grains, up to 50 %, without any negative effect on neonatal dairy calves performance.

Keywords

starter
Corn grain
Calves performance
Meta-analysis
alfalfa hay
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Journal of Animal Production, Print ISSN: 2008-6776., Online ISSN: 2382-994X
Volume 18, Issue 2
Spring 2016
Pages 225-234

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