The invention discloses a milk replacer for stimulating calf
rumen development and a feeding method thereof. The milk replacer consists of calfmeal and a calf
starter. The calfmeal in the invention contains
soluble dietary fiber able to maintain calf intestinal health, body
immunity improving and
palatability adjusting substances. Especially
starch and particles in the
starter have certain
hardness which can promote the
rumen nipple development of calves, and enough digestible
fiber in the
starter can support the normal proceeding of
rumen fermentation, so that calves can be guaranteed to get nutrients necessary for growth and development from
solid forage early, and the calf constitution can be improved, the
disease resistance is enhanced, and the daily
weight gain as well as the feed intake for
solid forage are raised. With obvious feeding effect, the milk replacer of the invention has convenient
raw material resource, rational price, and can reduce the feeding cost of calves and obtain great economic benefit. 350kg of
fresh milk is needed for breeding a calf, while with the milk replacer, 300kg of
fresh milk can be saved by each calf. Calves fed with the milk replacer provided in the invention can be weaned in 40 days, therefore, the feeding cost can be directly saved by 174.95 yuan by each calf.