References
Barnes, T., K. Hay, J. Morton, M. Schibrowski, R. Ambrose, E. Fowler and T. Mahony. 2014. Epidemiology and management of bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle - final report. Meat and Livestock Australia Limited.
Braman, W.L., E.E. Hatfield, F.N. Owens and J.M. Lewis. 1973. Protein concentration and sources for finishing ruminants fed high concentrate diets. J.Anim.Sci. 36(4):782-787.
CSIRO, 2007. Nutrient Requirements of Domesticated Ruminants. Freer, M., H. Dove and J.V. Nolan (eds). CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
CSIRO. 1990. Feeding Standards for Australian Livestock - Ruminants. Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management, Ruminants Subcommittee. CSIRO Publications, Melbourne, Australia.
Cusack, P.M.V., N.P. McMeniman and I.J. Lean. 2003. The medicine and epidemiology of bovine respiratory disease in feedlots. Aust. Vet. J. 81(8):480-487.
Cusack, P.M.V. and T.J. Mahony. 2016. Evaluation of the practices used to reduce the incidence of bovine respiratory disease in feedlots. Meat and Livestock Australia.
Daniels, K.M. and Y.T.Yohe. 2014. What do we know about rumen development? Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference:53-59.
Ensminger, M.E., J.E. Oldfield and W.W. Heinemann. 1990. Feeds and Nutrition p.52. Ensminger Publishing Co., Clovis, California, USA.
Gabel, G. and J.R. Aschenbach. 2006. Ruminal SCFA absorption: channelling acids without harm: pp 173-195, in, Ruminant Physiology, Sejrsen, K., T. Hvelplund and M.O. Nielsen (eds), Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Hedley, C.L., J.Cunningham and A. Jones. 2001. Carbohydrates in Grain Legume Seeds – Improving Nutritional Quality and Agronomic Characteristics. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom.
Huerta Leidenz, N. and G. Rios. 1993. Castration of bulls at different stages of growth: 1. Effects on production. A review. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad del Zulia. 10(1):87-115.
Ibarra Flores, F. A. Moreno Alvarez, C. Y. Martin Rivera, M. H. Moreno Medina, S. Denogean
Ballesteros, F. Baldenegro Campa, A. Leon Montijo, F. L. 2011. Early weaning as a tool to increase profitability in ranches of Sonora, Mexico. Revista, Mexicana de Agronegocios; 15(28):531-542.
Johnson, P.T. and R.C. Elliot. 1972. Dietary energy intake and utilisation by young Frieland calves. 3. The utilisation by calves of energy in whole milk. Rhod. J. Agric. Res. 10:135.
Kruse, R.E., M.W. Tess and R.K. Heitschmidt. 2007. Livestock management during drought in the northern great plains. II. Evaluation of alternative strategies for cow-calf enterprises. Professional Animal Scientist; 23(3):234-245.
Leibich, H.G., G. Dirksen, A. Arbel, S. Dori and E. Mayer. 1987. Feed-dependent changes in the rumen mucosa of high producing cows from the dry period to eight weeks post-partum. Zentralbl. Veterinarmed. A 34: 661-672.
Martel, C.A., E.C. Titgemeyer, L.K. Mamedova, and B.J. Bradford. 2011. Dietary molasses increases ruminal pH and enhances ruminal biohydrogenation during milk fat depression. J. Dairy Sci. 94(8):3995-4004.
Martin, S.W., A.H. Meek and D.G. Davis. 1982. Factors associated with mortality and treatment costs in feedlot calves: The Bruce County Beef Project, years 1978, 1979, 1980. Can. J. Comp. Med. 46:341-349.
MacVean, D.W., D.K. Franzen, T.J. Keefe and B.W. Bennett. 1986. Airborne particle concentration and meteorologic conditions associated with pneumonia incidence in feedlot cattle. Am. J. Vet. Res. 47(12):2676-2682.
Moe, P.W. 1981. Energy metabolism of dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 64(6):1120-`1139.
Moran, J. 2012. The Nutrient Requirements of Calves, in, Rearing Young Stock on Tropical Dairy Farms in Asia. Ch.4:31-39. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
Rasby, R. J. Warner, J. M. Gardine, S. E. Jenkins, K. H. Klopfenstein, T. J. 2016. Economics of dry lotting beef cows. Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 15-17 September, 2016:42-54.
Schwartzkopf-Genswein, K.S., K.A. Beauchemin, D.J. Gibb, D.H. Crews, D.D. Hickman, M. Streeter and T.A. McAllister. 2003. Effect of bunk management on feeding behaviour, ruminal acidosis and performance of feedlot cattle: A review. J. Anim. Sci. 81(E. Suppl.2):E149-E158.
Schweigel, M., B. Etschmann, E. Froschauer, S. Heipertz and H. Martens. 2006. Characterisation of an ovine vacuolar H+-ATPase as a new mechanism for the energisation of ruminal transport processes, p 288, in, Production Diseases in Farm Animals, Joshi, N. and Herdt, T.H. (eds), proceedings of the International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals, Michigan, 2006. Wageningen Academic Publishers, the Netherlands.
Simeone, A. and V. Beretta. 2016. Early weaning: an efficient and effective technological alternative for calf rearing corrals in grassland cattle systems in Latin America. Cuban Jnl Agric. Sci. 50(1):39-49.
Smeal, M.G. 1995. Parasites of Cattle. Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science. Sydney South, NSW, 2000.
Tathum, B.G., T. Hollier and R. Wimalasuriya. 2004. Early weaning theory and enterprise benefits for beef cattle. Animal Production in Australia. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production. 25:180-183.
Taylor LF, Hodge A. 2014. Descriptive findings from analysis of a large database of cattleworm egg count and larval culture results collected acrossAustralia between 2002 and 2012, Vet. Parasitol,; 204:269–278
Taylor LF. 1998. An outbreak of fibrinous pneumonia in recently weaned beef calves in southern Queensland. Aust Vet J; 76: 21-24.
Vaz, R.Z., J.F.P. Lobato and J. Restle. 2014. Analysis of economic efficiency of breeding systems with different weaning ages of calves. Bioscience Jnl. 30(6):1837-1845
Vaz, R.Z., J.F.P. Lobato and J. Restle. 2010.Productivity and efficiency of cow herds submitted to two weaning ages. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia. 39(8):1849-1856.
Warner, J. M. Jenkins, K. H. Rasby, R. J. Luebbe, M. K. Erickson, G. E. Klopfenstein, T. J. 2015. The effect of calf age at weaning on cow and calf performance and feed utilisation by cow-calf pairs. Prof. Anim. Scientist. 31(5):455-461.
Weigand, E., J.W. Young and A.D. McGilliard. 1975. Volatile fatty acid metabolism by rumen mucosa from cattle fed hay or grain. J. Dairy Sci. 58(9):1294-1300.
Xue, B., T. Yan, C.F. Ferris and C.S. Mayne. 2011. Milk production and energy efficiency of Holstein and Jersey-Holstein crossbred dairy cows offered diets containing grass silage. J. Dairy Sci. 94(3):1455-1464.