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Health and Growth of Veal Calves Fed Milk Replacers With or Without Probiotics
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Four experiments with 1-wk-old veal calves were conducted to assess the influence of probiotics on growth and health indicators. In experiments 1 and 2, the liquid probiotic supplements were administered daily from experimental d 1 to 15. The treatment period in experiments 3 and 4 was extended to 56 d. The probiotics used were a multispecies probiotic (MSPB) containing different probiotic species of human origin, or a calf-specific probiotic (CSPB) containing 6 Lactobacillus species isolated from calf feces and selected on the basis of a combination of characteristics. When the data for the 4 experiments were pooled, the probiotics enhanced growth rate during the first 2 wk. During the 8-wk experimental period, average daily gain and feed efficiency were significantly improved in the probiotic-treated groups. The MSPB-induced increase in weight gain was greater when the control calves were considered less healthy based on a health score (an index of diarrhea and therapeutic treatments). Probiotic treatment tended to diminish mortality. The CSPB treatment reduced the incidence of diarrhea and the fecal counts of coliforms. When therapeutic treatment was intensive in the control calves, the ingestion of probiotics reduced the percentage of calves that required therapy and the amount of treatments needed against digestive or respiratory diseases. There was no clear difference in the efficiency of the MSPB and CSPB preparations. Further research is necessary to identify underlying mechanisms and to evaluate the potential of probiotics to improve respiratory health in veal calf production.
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- Authors
- Timmerman, H. M., Mulder, L., Everts, H., van Espen, D. C., van der Wal, E., Klaassen, G., Rouwers, S. M. G., Hartemink, R., Rombouts, F. M., & Beynen, A. C.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Winclove Probiotics (Netherlands) (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Timmerman, H.M.
- ORCID
- Timmerman, H.M.
- Venue
- Journal of Dairy Science
- Publisher
- American Dairy Science Association
- Published
- 2005-06
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2154-2165
- ISSN
- 0022-0302 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2167217306
- Cited by
- 297
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Dairy Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal health and immunology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Keywords
- veal calves, probiotics, milk replacer, calf growth, calf health, Lactobacillus, multispecies probiotics, diarrhea, coliform bacteria, feed efficiency, mortality, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cattle, Cattle Diseases, Diarrhea, Diet, Digestive System Diseases, Enterobacteriaceae, Feces, Fermentation, Health Status, Lactobacillus, Milk, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Colony Count, Microbial, Weight Gain, Probiotics
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