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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-64-69-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-64-69-2021
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23 Feb 2021
Original study |  | 23 Feb 2021

The effect of rearing conditions during the milk-fed period on milk yield, growth, and maze behaviour of dairy cows during their first lactation

Jan Broucek, Michal Uhrincat, Peter Kisac, and Anton Hanus

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The objective was to find whether cow growth, milk performance, and behaviour are affected by rearing conditions until weaning after a milk-fed period of 84 d. Holstein heifers were assigned to one of three treatments: SM, pen with mother to 21st day, then group pen; SN, with own mother, then in pen with nursing cow; H, in hutch from 2nd to 56th day. The SN group tended to have the highest production of milk for 305 d and crossed the maze the fastest.