Controlled Experiments on the Value of Supplementary Vitamins for Young Dairy Calves

Abstract

Studies are reported involving approximately 60 heifer calves of various dairy breeds, largely Holsteins, which show that supplementing a normal diet with capsules or tablets containing vits. A, D, and E, ascorbic acid, and several of the B-vitamins did not reduce the incidence of scours. Extra vitamins in the amts. fed had no certain effect on the rate of growth or the general appearance of the calves during the early mos. of life. Under the feeding and management conditions involved, there was no advantage to calves from adding extra vitamins to the normal ration.