Applied Animal Nutrition-I

FEEDING OF CALVES UPTO 3 MONTHS

Age of calf	Whole milk (g)	Skim-milk (g)	Calf-starter* (g)	Good-quality hay (g)
1st 3 days	2,500 (Colostrum)	-	-	-
4th to 7th day	2,500	-	-	-
2nd Week	3,000	-	100	300
3rd Week	3,250	300	500
4th Week	3,000	-	400	600
5th Week	1,500	1,000	500	700
6th Week	-	2,500	650	750
7th Week	-	2,000	800	850
8th Week	-	1,750	1,000	1,000
9th Week	-	1,250 (Up to 60th day)	1,200	1,100
10th Week	-	-	1,300	1,200
11th Week	-	-	1,400	1,300
12th Week	-	-	1,500	1,500
13th Week	-	-	2,000	2,000

* Composition of calf-starter

Calf Starter

• Crushed Maize/Sorghum /Cumbu -50 parts
• Groundnut-cake/Soya extractions -30 parts
• Wheat bran /Rice bran- 8 parts
• Fish-meal/dried skim-milk -10 parts
• Mineral mixture- 2 parts
• To 100 kg of the above mixture, the following may be added:
  • Molasses - 5-10 % according to availability.
  • Vitamin AB₂D₃EK - 10g/100kg
  • Salt - 0.5 percent
  • Antibotics - 20 g/100kg