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Value of Raw Eggs in the Ration of the Young Calf¹

Division of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie

ABSTRACT

Several feeding regimes have been shown to be adequate for raising dairy calves. Converse (3) reported that dairy calves were raised satisfactorily without whole milk and with limited skimmilk. Other workers (7, 8, 12) reported that calves made approximately normal growth up to two or three months of age on milk replacers. Calves raised on milk replacers or skimmilk are usually rougher in appearance and display more laxative feces the first few weeks than calves fed whole milk. Nbller et al. (8) showed that replacer-fed calves consumed more hay and grain than those on a whole-milk system. They also found that the requirement for whole milk in the diet of young calves decreases rapidly after 30 days of age, when quality hay and grain are provided.

An estimated 6 to 8% of commercially produced eggs are classified as under-grades for various reasons. These eggs have practically the same nutritive value as marketable eggs.

¹ Published with approval of the Director, Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, as Journal Paper No. 188.