METHOD OF INCREASE OF GAINING IN VEAL CALF BODY WEIGHT Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: cattle breeding; raising of veal calves. SUBSTANCE: method includes, after prophylactic period, introduction in milk products of mixture of feed antibiotics, for instance, bacillichin and rumeksin with the following amounts of components, wt.%: bacillichin 30-75; rumeksin 25-70. In so doing, mixture is introduced in the following way: during the first two days, directly before watering of calves, introduced daily into milk products is said mixture in amount of 0.1-0.3 g/calf. Further on, introduced dose of antibiotic mixture is doubled every two days to attain dose of 0.6-1.7 g/calf. Said dose of antibiotic mixture is maintained during two months, and during next three months, mixture of feed antibiotics is dosed in amount of 1.8-3.2 g/calf. Then, up to the end of period of milk feeding, introduced daily dose is maintained within 3.7- 4.7 g/calf with free access of calves to water during entire milk-feeding period. EFFECT: increased gain in weight of calves and their preservation by 14-18% in post-milk feeding period. 9 tbl