Becoming familiar with the mechanism
regulating the relationship between the cow and the calf
in the last period of pregnancy would make it possible to
devise a new strategy for nutrition of the dry cows and
to minimise the occurrence of metabolic disorders in
cows in the perinatal period, which would facilitate the
proper initiation of lactation without negative effects on
calf raising. The aim of the study was to determine the
influence of the limitation of energy intake by restrictive
limited dry matter intake in the far-off period (from -56
d to -22 d) on the quality of colostrum and the calf
immunological status.