Abstract:Forty-two Friesian bull calves were allocated to two treatments; the animals in one group were individually penned and fed indoors. and those in the other were penned in groups of seven under a lean-to on wooden shavings. The calves were fed reconstituted commercial milk powder for 12 weeks and were then slaughtered.The feed intake and carcass growth of the calves on both treatments were very similar, but the lean-to calves were 5 kg heavier in starved live weight at slaughter, largely because of increased gas… Show more
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