Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-t5tsf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-02T21:42:04.910Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A note on the effect of molasses inclusion in sugar beet pulp on the yield and composition of the milk of dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. G. Hemingway ,
J. J. Parkins  and
J. Fraser
R. G. Hemingway
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH
J. J. Parkins
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH
J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH
Get access

Abstract

Dried molassed sugar-beet pulp in Great Britain has for many years contained about 400 g molasses per kg dry matter (DM). Whilst this high concentration of molasses might help to maximize palatability, in many places outside Great Britain considerably lower amounts of molasses (100 to 300 g/kg) are normally added to sugar beet. The relative costs depend on year-to-year fluctuations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , June 1986 , pp. 417 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1986

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Agricultural Development and Advisory Service. 1976. Nutrient allowances and composition of feedingstuffs for ruminants. 2nd ed. Advisory Pap. No. 11. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pinner, Middlesex.Google Scholar
Agricultural Research Council. 1980. The Nutrient Requirements of Ruminant Livestock. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Slough.Google Scholar
Broster, W. H., Sutton, J. D., Smith, T., Broster, Valerie J. and Balch, C. C. 1970. The effect of supplements of sucrose and of glucose monohydrate on the milk production and live weight of dairy cows. J. agric. Sci., Camb. 74: 217–225.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Castle, M. E. 1972. A comparative study of the feeding value of dried sugar-beet pulp for milk production. J. agric. Sci., Camb. 78: 371–377.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Castle, M. E., Gill, M. S., and Watson, J. N. 1981. Silage and milk production: a comparison between barley and dried sugar-beet pulp as silage supplements. Grass Forage Sci. 36: 319–324.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lucas, H. L. 1943. A method of equalized feeding for studies with dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 26: 1011–1022.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland and Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. 1984. Energy allowances and feeding systems for ruminants. Ref. Book 433. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.Google Scholar
Ronning, M. and Bath, D. L. 1962. Relative milk production value of barley, dried beet pulp, molassed dried beet pulp and concentrated Steffan filtrate dried beet pulp. J. Dairy Sci. 45: 854–857.CrossRefGoogle Scholar