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Comparison of date palm leaves with barley straw for friesian and holstein cows given a high concentrate diet in kuwait

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A M Bahman  and
J H Topps
A M Bahman
Affiliation:
The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources, Kuwait
J H Topps
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
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In Kuwait there is a high demand for forage and roughage to meet the livestock needs for the production of milk and meat. Kuwait dairymen are obliged to feed their animals a diet with high concentrate and low roughage content for economic reasons, i.e. the unit cost of roughage is greater than that of concentrates due to a government policy of subsidising imported concentrates, but not roughages. There is a need to find a locally produced source of roughage to encourage higher levels of inclusion and to reduce feed costs.

This experiment was designed to compare the effects of feeding locally produced date palm leaves rather than imported barley straw to Friesian and Holstein cows given a high concentrate diet.

Type
Ruminant Nutrition
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 115
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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