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Effect of Ca-butyrate and Oleobiotec (a flavouring agent) supplemented starter on the performance of Holstein dairy calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2015

A. R. DAVARMANESH ,
M. H. FATHI NASRI ,
A. R. KALANTARI FIROUZABAD  and
M. B. MONTAZER-TORBATI
A. R. DAVARMANESH
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
M. H. FATHI NASRI*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
A. R. KALANTARI FIROUZABAD
Affiliation:
Kimia Darou Mehr Co., Tehran, Iran
M. B. MONTAZER-TORBATI
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: hfathi@birjand.ac.ir
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Summary

The effect on performance of adding calcium (Ca)-butyrate and Oleobiotec (a flavouring agent) additives to dairy calf starter diet was investigated. Thirty-two newborn Holstein calves (16 males and 16 females) were used in a completely randomized design with four treatments as: (1) diet with no additives, (2) diet containing Ca-butyrate, (3) diet containing Oleobiotec and (4) diet containing Ca-butyrate plus Oleobiotec. Milk of calves was supplemented with additives in the first 20 days of the study and then additives were top-dressed into the starter. Calcium-butyrate had no effect on starter and alfalfa intake during pre-weaning, post-weaning and over the whole trial period but it significantly increased the average daily gain and feed efficiency of calves during post-weaning and the whole trial period. Adding Oleobiotec did not change calf performance significantly. Furthermore, no synergistic effect of experimental additives on calf performance was observed.

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Animal Research Papers
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 153 , Issue 8 , November 2015 , pp. 1506 - 1513
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