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*The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast* is specially designed by and for professionals just like yourself. With it, you can effortlessly have access to the thoughts of the most brilliant minds in our industry – all while going about your routine and saving your time.
Dr. Carla Bittar: Forage for Dairy Calves | Ep. 91
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Dr. Carla Bittar: Forage for Dairy Calves | Ep. 91
In this episode of The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Carla Bittar from the University of São Paulo in Brazil talks about feeding forage to dairy calves. She shares her groundbreaking research on including corn silage in young calf diets and what it means for intake, behavior, and performance in pre-weaning calves. Listen now on all major platforms!
"Feeding corn silage to calves increased total solid feed intake, especially around weaning, with no adverse effects on performance."
Meet the guest: Dr. Carla Bittar https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-bittar-70a01b1a7/ earned her M.S. at the University of Arizona and her Ph.D. in Animal Science at ESALQ/USP, where she now serves as an Associate Professor. Her research centers on nutrition and metabolism of dairy calves during the pre-weaning phase, focusing on forage inclusion and rumen development.
Click here to read the full research articles:
Whole-plant flint corn silage inclusion in total mixed rations for pre- and postweaning dairy calves: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(23)00429-0/fulltext
Forage sources in total mixed rations early in life influence performance, metabolites, and behavior of dairy calves: https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(24)00007-9/fulltext
Forage sources in total mixed rations on rumen fermentation, gut fill, and development of the gastrointestinal tract of dairy calves: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-80271-y
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What will you learn:
(00:00) Highlight
(00:54) Introduction
(03:47) Corn silage feeding
(04:54) Fiber requirements
(06:43) Rumen development
(08:02) Intake insights
(11:42) Choosing the right forage
(12:47) Closing thoughts
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If you are a dairy nutritionist who wants to stay up to date with all that is working in the industry, but doesn’t know how to start, doesn’t have the time, or feel most courses out there don’t deliver, then you have come to the right place.
*The Dairy Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast* is specially designed by and for professionals just like yourself. With it, you can effortlessly have access to the thoughts of the most brilliant minds in our industry – all while going about your routine and saving your time.
