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Energy and protein supplements for straw-based winter diets for suckler cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. Ball ,
P. J. Broadbent  and
T. L. Dodsworth
C. Ball
Affiliation:
North of Scotland College of Agriculture, Aberdeen
P. J. Broadbent
Affiliation:
North of Scotland College of Agriculture, Aberdeen
T. L. Dodsworth
Affiliation:
North of Scotland College of Agriculture, Aberdeen
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Summary

A variety of energy and protein supplements for winter diets based on barley straw were tested in experiments carried out over three years with spring-calving suckler cows. All the supplements resulted in satisfactory calf weaning weights and cow performance but there were indications that a low level (2·3 kg) of barley plus 68 g urea adversely affected the birth weights of calves and their performance from birth to turnout.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1971 , pp. 237 - 243
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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