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Starling damage on farms using the complete diet system of feeding dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. J. Feare  and
J. T. Wadsworth
C. J. Feare
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Worplesdon Laboratory, Tangley Place, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey GU3 3LQ
J. T. Wadsworth
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Government Buildings, Gladstone Road, Northampton NN5 7QG
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Abstract

Most farms that were feeding complete diets to dairy cows in the east midlands lost barley to starlings during the 1978/79 winter and more outdoor than indoor feeding sites were infested. The maximum total loss recorded on any one farm was 11 -881, this being 9% of the 1321 of barley presented to the cattle. The presentation of ground barley, rather than rolled barley, reduced the quantity of grain removed by starlings but the proofing of buildings i n which cattle are fed complete diets is suggested as the most effective means of preventing this food loss.

Type
Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 179 - 183
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1981

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