PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT

PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT

Objective of the present study was to compare the responses of Holstein Friesian pre-weaned female calves confined in elevated metallic crates in closed-type of housing and polyvinyl hutches in an open environment of Kuwait. A total of 176 newborn Holstein Friesian female calves were randomly distri...

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Main Author: M. A. RAZZAQUE, S. ABBAS, T. AL-MUTAWA AND M. BEDAIR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2009-02-01
Series:Pakistan Veterinary Journal
Subjects:
Dairy calves
weight gain
conventional housing
hutch
mortality
Online Access:http://pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/29_1/1-4.pdf
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spelling doaj-8e94076d436a4614b85a7f671374ac542020-11-24T23:24:43ZengUniversity of Agriculture, FaisalabadPakistan Veterinary Journal0253-83182009-02-0129114PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAITM. A. RAZZAQUE, S. ABBAS, T. AL-MUTAWA AND M. BEDAIRObjective of the present study was to compare the responses of Holstein Friesian pre-weaned female calves confined in elevated metallic crates in closed-type of housing and polyvinyl hutches in an open environment of Kuwait. A total of 176 newborn Holstein Friesian female calves were randomly distributed to conventional confinement in closed-type calf houses (control) and individual calf hutch in open environment (treatment). These calves were monitored upto the weaning age of 90 days. The average daily live weight gain was significantly higher in calves housed in hutches than conventional housing system (413 versus 113 g/h/d; P≤0.0001). Mean risk rates (RR) for mortality in hutch and conventional housing were 0.017 and 0.23, respectively. The results showed a significant positive impact of hutch housing with respect to growth, mortality and incidence of diseases in Kuwait’s intensive dairy farming systemhttp://pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/29_1/1-4.pdfDairy calvesweight gainconventional housinghutchmortality
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author M. A. RAZZAQUE, S. ABBAS, T. AL-MUTAWA AND M. BEDAIR
spellingShingle M. A. RAZZAQUE, S. ABBAS, T. AL-MUTAWA AND M. BEDAIR
PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT
Pakistan Veterinary Journal
Dairy calves
weight gain
conventional housing
hutch
mortality
author_facet M. A. RAZZAQUE, S. ABBAS, T. AL-MUTAWA AND M. BEDAIR
author_sort M. A. RAZZAQUE, S. ABBAS, T. AL-MUTAWA AND M. BEDAIR
title PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT
title_short PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT
title_full PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT
title_fullStr PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT
title_full_unstemmed PERFORMANCE OF PRE-WEANED FEMALE CALVES CONFINED IN HOUSING AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT HUTCHES IN KUWAIT
title_sort performance of pre-weaned female calves confined in housing and open environment hutches in kuwait
publisher University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
series Pakistan Veterinary Journal
issn 0253-8318
publishDate 2009-02-01
description Objective of the present study was to compare the responses of Holstein Friesian pre-weaned female calves confined in elevated metallic crates in closed-type of housing and polyvinyl hutches in an open environment of Kuwait. A total of 176 newborn Holstein Friesian female calves were randomly distributed to conventional confinement in closed-type calf houses (control) and individual calf hutch in open environment (treatment). These calves were monitored upto the weaning age of 90 days. The average daily live weight gain was significantly higher in calves housed in hutches than conventional housing system (413 versus 113 g/h/d; P≤0.0001). Mean risk rates (RR) for mortality in hutch and conventional housing were 0.017 and 0.23, respectively. The results showed a significant positive impact of hutch housing with respect to growth, mortality and incidence of diseases in Kuwait’s intensive dairy farming system
topic Dairy calves
weight gain
conventional housing
hutch
mortality
url http://pvj.com.pk/pdf-files/29_1/1-4.pdf
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