Promoting the health and well-being of young animals and dairy cows through natural feeding systems (ProYoungStock) (ProYoungStock)

Project Leader: Dr. Ivemeyer, Silvia; Prof. Dr. Knierim, Ute

Project participants: Simantke, Christel

 

Project description:

Various natural feeding systems for calves, young stock and dairy cows under the
diverse organic production conditions are being compiled in the eight participating
European countries and examined with regard to possible improvements in animal welfare
.

Specific topics are the improvement of the rearing of
feeder calves and roughage-based feeding strategies for young cattle and
dairy cows, with the aim of strengthening the animals'
immune status without compromising performance and profitability, as well as reducing the use of antibiotics and
anthelmintics. With German participation, the hypotheses
are being investigated as to (1) whether feeder-reared calves benefit from
increased milk quantities in terms of animal welfare and performance and (2) whether pure hay feeding (without
silage in the ration) has positive health effects.

Furthermore,
the various existing mother- and dam-based
calf rearing systems in all seven participating countries are identified and
described, and the legal and economic framework conditions for this
in the participating countries are compared.

 

Publications:

 

2023Ivemeyer, S., Fürst-Waltl, B., 2023. hay feeding: more protein in milk, Bauernzeitung.
 
2023Ivemeyer, S., Simantke, C., Knierim, U., 2023. hay - underestimated feed, Allgäuer Bauernblatt.
 
2021Ivemeyer, S., Haager, D., Simantke, C., Mayer, P., Kull, K., Preußer, J., Utz, G., Knierim, U., Winckler, C., 2021. Impact of enhanced compared to restricted milk feeding on performance and welfare of rearing calves, in: Strandberg, E., Pinotti, L., Messori, S., Kenny, D., Lee, M., Hocquette, J.F., Cadavez, V.A.P., Millet, S., Evans, R., Veldkamp, T., Pastell, M., Pollott, G. (eds.), Book of Abstracts of the 72nd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), Davos, Switzerland, August 30th - September 3rd, 2021. OASES, p. 401.
 
2021Schmidberger, R., Ivemeyer, S., 2021. Separation and weaning in cow-based calf rearing, BIOTOPP.
 
2021Schneider, C., Bieber, A., Spengler, A., Ivemeyer, S., 2021. Separation and weaning of calves reared in cow-calf contact systems, Core Organic Practice Abstract. Core Organic.
 
2020Wildemann, T., Herrmann, H.-J., Ivemeyer, S., 2020. Compatibility of mother-bound calf rearing and automatic milking systems - influence of a retention period on suckling duration, suckling frequency and external suckling of calves, in: KTBL (ed.), Aktuelle Arbeiten zur artgemäßen Tierhltung 2020. KTBL, pp. 47-56.
 

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