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Effect of Substituting Dry Sugars for Molasses in Calf Starters on Feed Intake and Growth Response

Department of Dairy Science, University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

Thirty-six Holstein and 12 Brown Swiss calves were assigned at random within breed and sex to four starter ration groups; namely, control, molasses, sucrose, and dextrose, to determine the growth responses as measured by live weight gains and voluntary starter consumption in an early-weaning limited whole milk feeding regimen.

Differences in live weight gains among the four groups were not statistically significant (P < 0.05). However, weight gains for the sweetened starters were significantly larger than those for the control starter at 10% level of probability. The starter consumption among the groups was significantly different at 10% level of probability and the intake of sweetened starters was significantly larger than that of the control starter (P > 0.025). A correlation coefficient of 0.615 was obtained between starter consumption and weight gains. Comparisons of weight gains and consumption of sweetened starters by sugar source did not show any significant difference.

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