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An evaluation of cows preferences and rate of intake of silages differing in fermentation characteristics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

T. W. J. Keady  and
J. J. Murphy
T. W. J. Keady
Affiliation:
Teagasc Moorepark Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
J. J. Murphy
Affiliation:
Teagasc Moorepark Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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There are plenty of examples in the literature of silages harvested from the same sward being different due to additive-treatment, digestibility, fermentation quality, etc. and resulting in different dry matter intakes. In these studies the treatments were imposed with the animals having no choice of diet. However, little evidence exists as to which silage or mixture of silages the animal would eat if given free access to a number of treatments. Therefore the present study was designed to evaluate the effects of different silage fermentations firstly on the preference of dairy animals for a particular silage and secondly on the rate of silage intake.

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Silage
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 117
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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References

Keady, T.W.J, and Murphy, J.J. (1993). A comparative evaluation through lactating dairy cows of silage made with a bacterial inoculant and formic acid from difficult-to-ensile herbage. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Silage Research, Dublin, pp.226–227.Google Scholar