Applied Animal Nutrition-I

MILK FEEDING SCHEDULE

Schedule 1

Age in days	Colostrum (kg)	Milk (kg)
1-4	1/10 of body weight	-
5-90	-	1/10 of body weight

• A weight of 75 kg can be achieved at 3 months in cross breds weighing 31 kg at birth.

Schedule 2

Body wt (kg)	Age in days	Colostrum (kg)	Milk (kg)
Upto 30	1-4	1/10 of body weight	-
Up to 30	5-90	-	1/10 of body weight
31-60	5-90	-	1/20 of body weight above 30 kg.

• It is possible to raise cross bred calves with feeding schedule 2 from 26 kg birth weight to 54 kg at 3 months.

Schedule 3

Body wt (kg)	Age in days	Colostrum (kg)	Milk (kg)
Upto 30	1-4	1/10 of body weight	-
Up to 30	5-30	-	1/10 of body weight
25-30	31-60	-	1/15 of body weight
35-70	61-90	-	1/25 of body weight