Life start sets life performance

A calf’s birth takes place during an important growth stage. In the first two months of life, essential organs develop from premature into a functional unit. This article explains how calves can achieve a high growth rate in the pre-weaning phase. By G.J. Klaassen, S.M.G. Rouwers and E. van der Gaast at Sloten, the Netherlands The nutrition intake by calves is especially influential in its life start, as it fuels elementary development of organs like heart, lungs, intestines and udder tissue