From: Housing, Feeding and Management of Calves and Replacement Heifers in Swedish Dairy Herds
 |  | % of herds | Kilograms/% of herds offering the feedstuff in predetermined amounts |  | |||||
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Feeding strategy | Animal category | In total | Using straw | G | P | C | S (dry matter) | H | TMR (Dry matter) |
G+S | 6 months old | 12 | 39 | 2.0(1.0–2.8)/97 |  |  | 3.0(2.2–4.0)/16 |  |  |
 | at insemination | 17 | 53 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/95 |  |  | 5.0(3.0–6.0)/28 |  |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 17 | 54 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/93 |  |  | 5.0(2.0–6.0)/29 |  |  |
 | at calving | 4 | 52 | 2.0(1.0–6.2)/93 |  |  | 6.0(4.0–11.0)/33 |  |  |
G+H | 6 months old | 9 | 11 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/88 |  |  |  | 4.0(2.4–4.6)/20 |  |
 | at insemination | 3 | 38 | 2.0(1.3–3.9)/92 |  |  |  | 7.0(3.6–8.8)/27 |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 3 | 24 | 2.0(1.4–3.3)/96 |  |  |  | 4.0(1.0–7.2)/31 |  |
 | at calving | - | - | - |  |  |  | - |  |
G+S+H | 6 months old | 24 | 34 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/90 |  |  | 2.0(1.0–4.2)/28 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/38 |  |
 | at insemination | 16 | 43 | 2.0(1.0–4.0)/90 |  |  | 4.0(2.5–6.0)/26 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/51 |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 17 | 37 | 2.0(1.0–4.0)/91 |  |  | 4.0(2.0–7.6)/31 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/47 |  |
 | at calving | 6 | 41 | 2.6(1.0–5.5)/94 |  |  | 6.0(3.0–10.0)/14 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/63 |  |
G+P+S | 6 months old | 6 | 39 | 1.5(1.0–2.4)/96 | 0.5(0.3–1.0)/94 |  | 2.5(2.0–4.2)/26 |  |  |
 | at insemination | 12 | 38 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/92 | 0.5(0.3–1.0)/95 |  | 4.5(3.3–6.2)/29 |  |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 9 | 46 | 2.0(1.0–3.5)/92 | 0.5(0.2–1.0)/91 |  | 5.0(4.0–7.0)/27 |  |  |
 | at calving | 14 | 21 | 2.0(1.0–4.0)/94 | 1.5(0.5–3.0)/96 |  | 6.0(4.9–7.2)/28 |  |  |
G+P+H | 6 months old | 4 | 20 | 1.5(1.0–2.0)/95 | 0.5(0.3–1.0)/97 |  |  | 3.0(1.0–5.0)/41 |  |
 | at insemination | 4 | 43 | 2.0(1.1–4.0)/96 | 0.6(0.2–1.7)/93 |  |  | 5.0(2.0–6.0)/46 |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 2 | 48 | 2.0(1.9–4.0)/95 | 0.5(0.4–1.0)/90 |  |  | 5.0(3.0–8.0)/52 |  |
 | at calving | - | - | - | - |  |  | - |  |
G+P+S+H | 6 months old | 10 | 25 | 1.5(0.8–3.0)/93 | 0.5(0.3–1.0)/95 |  | 2.5(1.0–4.0)/10 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/39 |  |
 | at insemination | 11 | 33 | 2.0(1.0–4.0)/94 | 0.5(0.2–1.5)/97 |  | 4.0(2.0–5.4)/41 | 2.0(1.0–4.0)/50 |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 11 | 39 | 2.0(1.0–3.9)/89 | 0.5(0.2–1.4)/90 |  | 4.5(1.7–5.3)/19 | 2.0(1.0–4.0)/46 |  |
 | at calving | 36 | 16 | 2.5(1.0–4.0)/94 | 2.0(0.8–3.0)/94 |  | 6.0(4.0–8.0)/42 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/71 |  |
C+S | 6 months old | 7 | 39 |  |  | 1.5(1.0–2.5)/100 | 3.5(2.0–5.3)/12 |  |  |
 | at insemination | 5 | 40 |  |  | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/95 | 6.5(3.0–8.0)/17 |  |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 6 | 36 |  |  | 1.5(0.8–2.5)/92 | 5.0(4.0–8.0)/26 |  |  |
 | at calving | 5 | 20 |  |  | 3.0(2.0–5.0)/95 | 8.0(5.8–10.5)/26 |  |  |
C+S+H | 6 months old | 4 | 29 |  |  | 1.9(1.0–2.0)/97 | 2.0(1.0–5.0)/37 | 2.0(1.0–2.3)/51 |  |
 | at insemination | 2 | 50 |  |  | 1.8(1.0–3.0)/100 | 4.0(1.4–5.0)/70 | 1.5(1.0–2.6)/70 |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 3 | 32 |  |  | 2.0(1.0–3.1)/91 | 4.5(3.0–7.5)/27 | 2.0(1.0–3.0)/50 |  |
 | at calving | 6 | 20 |  |  | 4.0(2.5–6.0)/98 | 6.0(4.7–10.6)/23 | 1.5(1.0–2.6)/66 |  |
TMR | 6 months old | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.0(2.5–6.9)/32 |
 | at insemination | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.0(5.0–15.4)/38 |
 | 4 months pregn. | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.0(4.0–10.0)/41 |
 | at calving | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12(8.4–14.7)/27 |
Only roughage | 6 months old | 6 | Â | Â | Â | Â | - | - | Â |
 | at insemination | 12 |  |  |  |  | - | - |  |
 | 4 months pregn. | 16 |  |  |  |  | - | - |  |
 | at calving | 6 |  |  |  |  | - | - |  |