Feed consumption and performance of dairy cows with alternate feedings of grass silage and maize silage
Kirchgessner, M.
Feed consumption and performance of dairy cows with alternate feedings of grass silage and maize silage - 1981 - Printed
16 ref.; Summary (En)
A feeding experiment was conducted with 10 dairy cows of the Fleckvieh breed and the cross Red Holstein Friesian x Fleckvieh, to study whether feeding with grass silage at the morning meal and maize silage at the evening meal (treatment B: alternating forage allocation) affects forage intake and milk production, in comparison with combined feeding with these two silages at each meal (treatment A). In order to prevent a selective forage consumption in treatment A, the two silages were given as a homogeneous mixture of nearly equal portions (51.6 maize silage, 48.4 grass silage) of dry matter (DM). The experiment was of switch-back design, with the treatment
English
Animal nutrition
Dairy cattle
Feed grasses
Maize
Silages
Zea mays
82-791899
Feed consumption and performance of dairy cows with alternate feedings of grass silage and maize silage - 1981 - Printed
16 ref.; Summary (En)
A feeding experiment was conducted with 10 dairy cows of the Fleckvieh breed and the cross Red Holstein Friesian x Fleckvieh, to study whether feeding with grass silage at the morning meal and maize silage at the evening meal (treatment B: alternating forage allocation) affects forage intake and milk production, in comparison with combined feeding with these two silages at each meal (treatment A). In order to prevent a selective forage consumption in treatment A, the two silages were given as a homogeneous mixture of nearly equal portions (51.6 maize silage, 48.4 grass silage) of dry matter (DM). The experiment was of switch-back design, with the treatment
English
Animal nutrition
Dairy cattle
Feed grasses
Maize
Silages
Zea mays
82-791899