Early weaning

A new production system

Abstract

Lecture given at the 6th National Congress of Veterinary Medicine. Montevideo, Uruguay. In the year that passes, it would be possible to estimate that around 50,000 calves will be weaned early, constituting an increase over 1995 of approximately 500%. This projected growth over time makes it possible to foresee that by the year 2000 practically all the bellies of the country will be handled with this technique, causing a drastic change in the country's breeding system, a sector that until recently, we considered as immovable ...