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Table 1 Effect of milk feeding frequency and turnout age on calf live-weight from day 10 to 80 and at day 410-Experiment 1

From: Effect of milk feed source, frequency of feeding and age at turnout on calf performance, live-weight at mating and 1st lactation milk production

Day

OD

TD

ODO

s.e

Sig

10

39.8

40.4

39.4

2.2

NS

24

43.2

45.0

43.2

2.2

NS

38

53.5a

53.4a

49.4b

2.2

**

52

68.3a

66.8a

58.6b

2.2

***

66

76.3a

80.3a

66.8b

2.2

***

80

86.4a

89.1a

84.5b

2.2

***

410

304

309

316

5.2

NS

  1. OD = once a day, TD = twice a day, ODO = once a day/outdoor.