Supplementation of nursing calves in private trough: Review

Abstract

The beef market in Brazil has undergone great changes which directly affect the rural producer. Consumer markets have required products with best quality. Thereat, the systems of creation are evolving to allow the animals being slaughtered younger and with higher weights. The rural properties have wanted fit on this new reality, being that properties as perform calf creates phase they begin to have great importance on the supply chain meat. These need to adopt new techniques that allow the weaning of calves heaviest and greater uniformity on the batch, facilitating the working next phase, the rebuilds. The use of a differentiated and private diet there for the calves on the lactating phase it’s an alternative to achieve the production goal of superior animals at weaning.