The Journal of Agricultural Science · 1988 · 22 citations · 7 references
AgricultureAnimal SciencesDairy ScienceForage ProductionMilk CompositionRuminant NutritionConcentrate FeedingDairy Cattle NutritionDairy Cow NutritionDry Matter IntakeFeed CompositionLivestock NutritionConcentrate FeedsConcentrate SupplementationConcentrate:forage RatioGrass SilageLactation PeriodMetabolizable Energy IntakeMetabolizable Energy RequirementSilage Nutrition
Summary Between weeks 3 and 16 of lactation 191 British Friesians received a basal ration ad libitum of either grass silage (GS), grass and maize silage (GS/MS) blended in a ratio of 1:2 or grass silage and 4% NaOH-treated barley straw (GS/TS) blended in a 4:1 ratio. The grass silage, which was not well preserved, had an estimated metabolizable energy (ME) content of 9–9 MJ/kg D.M., while corresponding values for the GS/MS and GS/TS mixtures were 106 and 9–5 MJ/kg D.M., respectively. A conventional concentrate (CC) based on barley and soyabean meal was fed at three levels (9, 6 and 3 kg fresh weight/day). Although the 9 kg level was only used in conjunction with GS, the two lower levels were fed with all three forage types. Concentrate composition was also varied at the 6 and 3 kg levels by replacing, in each case, 2 kg CC with a special concentrate (SC) which, in addition to barley, wheat and soyabean meal contained, on an air-dry basis, 25 % fishmeal and 25 % protected fat in the form of Megalac
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E. R. Ørskov, D. A. Grubb, R. N. B. Kay · British Journal Of Nutrition · 1977 · 150 citations · Full text