Approaches to fattening dairy calves
Alternatives to conventional fattening of calves from dairy farms
Description
Innovative organic producers have developed alternative systems for fattening calves, bulls and steers from dairy farming. This technical guide presents the systems and shows what to pay attention to when fattening calves.
| Pages | 28 |
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| Authors | Anet Spengler Neff, Manuela Lerch, Claudia Schneider and Katharina Schwarz (all FiBL Switzerland), Paul Mülich, Michelle Agethen and Silvia Ivemeyer (all University of Kassel), Franziska Bühlen (Demeter), Cattle Breeding Group of the Association for Biodynamic Agriculture of Switzerland with Martin Bigler, Robert Haeni, Beatrice Hurni, Mechthild Knösel, Thomas Loeffler, Herman Lutke Schipholt, Alexandra Mayer, Peter Mika, Christian Müller, Dorothee Müller, Rochus Schmid, Urs Sperling, Ricco Streiff, Heinrich Till and Andi Wälle as well as the farm managers of the farms in Germany featured in this publication: Doris and Edmund Braun, Monique and Chiel van Dijk, Kathrin Goebel, Paul and Sebastian Kluth, Mechthild Knösel, Georg and Veronika Mayr, Karin and Stefan Zenner. |
| Publisher(s) | FiBL |
| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Publication Format | Technical guide |
| Version | Professional print / Download |
| Language | English |
| DOI | 10.5281/zenodo.7835276 |
| Item no. | 1598 |
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