Irish Veterinary Journal

Table 7 Effect of calf milk source type and turnout age on average calf daily weight gain (kg)-Experiment 2

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

Days	OD	ODMR	ODMRO	s.e	Sig
10-24	0.41	0.50	0.42	0.09	NS
25-38	0.64^a	0.63^a	0.48^b	0.06	*
39-52	0.84^a	0.56^b	0.84^a	0.09	*
53-66	0.82^a	1.24^b	0.69^a	0.09	***
67-80	0.91^bc	0.99^ac	1.09^a	0.09	*
10-80	0.68	0.79	0.70	0.03	0.06
80-410	0.62	0.56	0.57	0.02	NS

OD = once a day, ODMR = once a day/milk replacer, ODMRO = once a day/milk replacer/outdoor.

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