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Pelleted dried grass and rolled barley diets for lactating dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

H. A. A. Khalifa ,
J. H. D. Prescott  and
D. G. Armstrong
H. A. A. Khalifa
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne
J. H. D. Prescott
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne
D. G. Armstrong
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Summary

1. Pelleted grass and a concentrate containing 90% rolled barley and 10% soya bean meal were offered to cows in three combinations, 25: 75, 50: 50 and 75: 25 respectively, together with a constant low level of coarse roughage.

2. The experiment was carried out in two stages, in early lactation as a randomized block design involving 18 Jersey cows fed to appetite and in mid-lactation as a 3 × 3 Latin square change-over design involving 12 cows, rationed according to milk yield.

3. There were no significant between-treatment differences in either milk yield or milk fat content in either stage of the experiment.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 101 - 109
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1975

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