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  • Liste de planification pour l’agnelage

    Préparation des bâtiments – S’assurer que la bergerie est bien ventilée, sèche, sans courants d’air, et qu’un calendrier de nettoyage rigoureux est instauré. Préparer les différents équipements bien avant l’agnelage. L’incubateur, le thermomètre, le colostrum congelé, etc. Sélectionner les agneaux qui auront une alimentation à l’aide d’équipement, par exemple, les…

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  • Nutrition des brebis et les effets sur la croissance des agneaux

    Lors de la période précédant la mise bas, il est bon de se rappeler des différents besoins nutritionnels de la brebis et de leurs impacts sur la viabilité et la croissance des agneaux. Les besoins nutritionnels de la brebis augmentent de façon significative dans les 4-6 semaines avant l’agnelage. Ceci…

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  • Gestion des agneaux

    La rentabilité de l’élevage ovin est largement tributaire du nombre d’agneaux sevrés par brebis et par an (l’objectif devrait être d’au moins deux). Les races hautement prolifiques (par exemple, Finn, Romanov) utilisées dans le programme d’élevage peuvent atteindre et dépasser ces nombres. La survie de l’agneau résulte dans une bonne…

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    Automatic Calf Feeders & Group Housing

    Principles and Experience Producers have traditionally raised calves in individual pens or hutches. This rearing system has had advantages of individual feeding, observation and reduced risk of cross-contamination. It is however, still labour intensive. Dairy cattle are naturally group-living animals. Group-housed calves can enjoy an early social interaction and learn…

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    Calf Winter Feeding

    Understanding the basic concepts of growth helps improve calf and heifer management. Early postnatal growth is the most efficient time to develop skeletal growth, muscle growth, deposit protein and attain the highest feed efficiency. Mammary development can be enhanced by liquid (milk) feed intake prior to weaning (Brown et al,…

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    Pasteurization Pro’s and Con’s

    Heifers are the future profit earners of a milking herd. The largest cost inputs are feed and the number of day’s growth to achieve first calving. Raising healthy, strong calves must be a priority in maintaining herd profitability. In the last few years, larger calf raising units and more attention…

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    Grain-Fed Veal Producer Objectives

    Why Higher Protein? Capitalize on the rapid early growth potential of young calves. Meet the needs of the rapidly growing bone and muscle for protein. This encourages greater lean tissue deposition without excess fattening. Why Specific Protein : Fat Ratio? Provide the correct protein to fat ratio at these higher…

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    Grain-Fed Veal Program Research

    Ontario and Quebec dairy herds produce approximately 400,000 male calves annually. These calves are destined for several hundred veal producers.The goal of grain fed veal producers is to achieve the desired finish at the desired weight and age. The market-ready calf is typically 250-295kg at an age of 25-30 weeks.…

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    Veal Feeding Program with VG

    Product Profile A specifically formulated calf milk replacer for excellence in raising GRAIN VEAL CALVES. The Need Young Holstein bull calves require a quality milk replacer to ensure a healthy start. Young calves that have been transported are severally energy deficient and under stress. The best way to counteract these…

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    Enhanced Feeding Producer Objectives

    Why High Protein? Capitalize on the rapid early growth potential of young calves. Meet the needs of the rapidly growing bone and muscle for protein. This encourages greater lean tissue deposition and thus stature without excess fattening. Why Specific Protein:Fat Ratio? Provide the correct protein to fat ratio at these…

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    Enhanced Feeding Program Research

    Numerous studies, back as far as 1968, have examined the effects of feeding increased rates of milk or milk replacer to young calves. Recent developments in this area of heifer rearing have led to enhanced feeding programs. Conventional calf feeding offers milk replacer, of 18-22% protein and 15-22% fat, at…

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    Intensive Feeding Program with Excel

    Product Profile A specifically formulated high protein milk replacer for excellence in raising heifer calves. The Need Intensive feeding programs have been a major topic for discussion and presentation over the last year. Their aim has been to maximize genetic growth potential, get heifers to breeding weight sooner and also…

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