Comparison of the performance of dairy cows offered kale, swedes and perennial ryegrass herbagein situand perennial ryegrass silage fed indoors in late pregnancy during winter in Ireland

Autor:	P. French, T. Storey, Finbar Mulligan, B. Keogh, T. McGrath
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Perennial plant Silage Management Monitoring Policy and Law Biology Insemination medicine.anatomical_structure Agronomy Body condition score Lactation Grazing medicine Dry matter Agronomy and Crop Science Dairy cattle
Zdroj:	Grass and Forage Science. 64:49-56
ISSN:	1365-2494 0142-5242
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2494.2008.00667.x
Popis:	The effects on the performance of dairy cows offered kale, swedes, and perennial ryegrass in situ and perennial ryegrass silage fed indoors to dairy cows pre-partum during winter in Ireland was examined. Eighty-eight spring-calving dairy cows were randomly assigned to one of four offered treatments; (i) 8 kg of dry matter (DM) of kale leaf and stem + 4 kg DM of perennial ryegrass silage (treatment K), (ii) 8 kg DM of the root and leaf of swedes + 4 kg DM of perennial ryegrass silage (treatment S), (iii) 12 kg DM of perennial ryegrass herbage (treatment G) offered in situ and (iv) perennial ryegrass silage offered ad libitum indoors (treatment ID). Cows on treatments K, S and ID had a greater (P
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