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SUBMITTER: Wu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6912816 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Shengru S Cui Zhanhong Z Chen Xiaodong X Wang Peiyue P Yao Junhu J
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20191105 11
This study aimed to investigate the effect of early weaning by supplying calves with alfalfa hay, starter feed, and milk replacer on caecal bacterial communities and on the growth of pre-weaned yak calves. Ten 30-day-old male yak calves were randomly assigned to 2 groups. The maternal grazing (MG) group was maternally nursed and grazed, and the early weaning (EW) group was supplied milk replacer, starter feed, and alfalfa hay twice per day. Compared with the yak calves in the MG group, the yak c ...[more]