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Approaches to fattening dairy calves

Spengler Neff, Anet; Lerch, Manuela; Schneider, Claudia; Schwarz, Katharina; Mülich, Paul; Agethen, Michelle; Ivemeyer, Silvia; Bühlen, Franziska; Bigler, Martin; Haeni, Robert; Hurni, Beatrice; Knösel, Mechthild; Loeffler, Thomas; Lutke Schipholt, Herman; Mayer, Alexandra; Mika, Peter; Müller, Christian; Müller, Dorothee; Schmid, Rochus; Sperling, Urs; Steiff, Ricco; Till, Heinrich; Wälle, Andi; Braun, Doris; Braun, Edmund; van Dijk, Monique; van Dijk, Chiel; Goebel, Kathrin; Kluth, Paul; Kluth, Sebastian; Mayr, Georg; Mayr, Veronika; Zenner, Karin and Zenner, Stefan (2023) Approaches to fattening dairy calves. Technical guide. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick.

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Summary

Innovative organic producers have developed alternative systems for fattening calves, bulls and steers from dairy farming. This technical guide presents the systems and shows what to pay attention to when fattening calves.


EPrint Type:Book
Keywords:animal production, calves, Rinder, Kälber, Kalb, fattening dairy cales, Milchvieh, Abacus, FiBL60043, FiBL35175, RoadMap
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
animal production
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_437
English
calves
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1219
English
fattening value -> nutritive value
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5278
English
dairy cattle
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2108
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Production systems > Dairy cattle
Animal husbandry > Production systems > Beef cattle
Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal welfare & housing > Animal husbandry
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Cattle
Germany > University of Kassel > Department of Farm Animal Behaviour and Husbandry
Germany > Other organizations Germany
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7835276
Related Links:https://www.fibl.org/en/shop-en/1598-kalebermast-en
Deposited By: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL
ID Code:49892
Deposited On:09 Jun 2023 09:33
Last Modified:06 Dec 2023 10:52
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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