Patent ID: 8012518

Claim:
A method of suckling a newborn calf, comprising: feeding the newborn calf with milk at a daily amount of 15˜25% of its body weight for 3˜4 weeks following birth; then, feeding the newborn calf with diluted milk in a daily amount of 15˜25% of its body weight for 3 to 7 days, with solid feedstuff provided simultaneously, the diluted milk being stepwise diluted with water at an increasing rate until the amount of pure milk fed thereto finally amounts to 8˜15% of body weight; then, feeding the newborn calf with milk in a daily amount of 8˜15% of body weight and with solid feedstuff from 5 weeks to 6˜8 weeks after birth; and then, feeding the newborn calf with diluted milk in a daily amount of 8˜15% for 3˜7 days before weaning and with solid feedstuff, said diluted milk being diluted stepwise with water at an increasing rate until it is substituted with 100% water at the end of the feeding period.