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Late summer concentrate supplementation of dairy cows at grass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

L.A. Wilson ,
D.J. Roberts  and
A.R. Henderson
L.A. Wilson
Affiliation:
SAC Food Systems Division, Crichton Royal Farm, Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4SZ, U.K.
D.J. Roberts
Affiliation:
SAC Food Systems Division, Crichton Royal Farm, Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4SZ, U.K.
A.R. Henderson
Affiliation:
BOCM PAULS Ltd., PO Box 39, 47 Key Street, Ipswich IP4 1BX, U.K.
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Concentrate supplementation at grass enables the higher genetic merit cow to perform closer to her production potential (McGilloway and Mayne, 1996). Responses to concentrate supplementation are usually greater in late summer and autumn as availability and quality of grazing declines. The objective of this study was to quantify milk production responses when early lactation, high yielding dairy cows at grass, were supplemented with high levels of concentrates, over the late summer period.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 188
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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