Oats (Avena strigosa) as winter forage for dairy cows in Vietnam: an on-farm study

Autor: Didier Richard, Vu Quyet Thang, Vu Chi Cuong, Paulo Salgado, Tran Van Thu, Nguyen Xuan Trach, Philippe Lecomte
Přispěvatelé: Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (UMR SELMET), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Hanoi University of Agriculture, Partenaires INRAE, National Institute for Animal Sciences, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Mediterranean and Tropical Livestock Systems Research Unit
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Tropical Animal Health and Production
Tropical Animal Health and Production, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2013, 45 (2), pp.561-568. ⟨10.1007/s11250-012-0260-8⟩
ISSN: 0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0260-8⟩
Popis: In North Vietnam, during winter, alternative forage resources are needed to balance the feed ration of dairy cows. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of oat forage as a component of traditional winter roughage diets on feed intake, milk production and feeding cost in dairy cows. The study was conducted on-farm using 24 mid-lactation Holstein-Friesian cows. The feeding experiment consisted of two successive periods and two dietary treatments per period. Traditional basal diets included fresh tropical grasses, maize silage and hay. The oat forage had no effect on the dry matter intake of the basal diet, but the total crude protein intake was higher in cows fed with oat diets than in those fed with control diets. The yield of butterfat-corrected milk (FCM) was not significantly different between diets during period 1, but there was a trend (P0 0.078) of higher FCM yields in cows fed with the oat diet compared to those with control diet during period 2 (17.3 vs. 16.3 kg/day). The decline rate in milk yield was significantly higher (P
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