Optimal Period of Calcium Propionate Supplementation in Arrival High-Risk Bull Calves: Growth Performance, Body Fat Reserves, and Serum Metabolites

Optimal Period of Calcium Propionate Supplementation in Arrival High-Risk Bull Calves: Growth Performance, Body Fat Reserves, and Serum Metabolites

Fifty high-risk bull calves were used in a completely randomized design (ten calves/treatment) to evaluate the optimal period of calcium propionate (CaPr) supplementation following arrival into the feedlot. The variables evaluated were the growth performance, dietary energetics, body fat reserves, s...

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Main Authors: Daniel Rodríguez-Cordero, Octavio Carrillo-Muro, Pedro Hernández-Briano, Paola Isaira Correa-Aguado, Alejandro Rivera-Villegas, Alberto Barreras, Rosalba Lazalde-Cruz, Richard A. Zinn, Alejandro Plascencia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
costs
energy diet
gluconeogenic precursors
income
newly received calves
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/8/1170
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