The aim of the thesis was to compare the effect of feeding calves with different doses of milk on their health condition, weight and weight increment, consistency of faeces, blood parameters and the effect of plant nutrition. The experiment was carried out with 2 groups of calves (n = 30), the first group (experimental) was fed with 6 liters of milk per day and the second group (control) with 10 liters of milk per day. Calves were fed twice a day and had drinking water and starter all the time. Calves were fed with colostrum within 2 hours of delivery and were on colostrum nutrition for 3 days, the fourth day they were included in the experiment, they were weighed and converted to the milk feed mixture. The second weighing was done at the end of the experiment at the age of 38 days. The third weighing was done at the age of 155 days, when the calves were on plant nutrition. The average birth weight of all calves was 33,5 kg. The final weight was statistically significantly lower in the experimental group, the average final weight was 57.8 kg and in the control group 65.9 kg. The mean total weight increase in the experimental group was 26.4 kg and in the control group 30.3 kg. The intake of starter was statistically significantly higher in the experimental group. The experimental group had a better evaluation of faeces consistency. On the second blood collection, the experimental group had a blood ?-glutamyltransferase level over the reference range, and it was 0,62 µkat/l and the difference between the experimental and control group was statistically demonstrated. Statistically significant was the higher albumin level in the control group at the second blood collection. The results of the experiment clearly do not show a better or worse effect of feeding different doses of milk during the milk diet, higher doses of milk provided higher weight increase during the milk diet, which means higher economic costs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:427913 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Paulíčková, Michaela |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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