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Evaluation of a dairy cow feeding system involving the feeding of a high fibre compound diet in place of grass silage as a roughage source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

T D A Brigstocke ,
J S Blake ,
W S Thickett  and
A B Harker
T D A Brigstocke
Affiliation:
BOCM SILCOCK Ltd, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2EQ
J S Blake
Affiliation:
BOCM SILCOCK Ltd, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2EQ
W S Thickett
Affiliation:
BOCM SILCOCK Ltd, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2EQ
A B Harker
Affiliation:
BOCM SILCOCK Ltd, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2EQ
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Over recent years extremes of weather at traditional silage making time have made the manufacture of high quality forage difficult. Consequently a trial was run at the BOCM SILCOCK Development Unit, Barhill, evaluating a compound diet as a complete silage replacement. The analysis of the silage replacer nut (SRN) was 35g oil (OAH)/kg DM, 115g crude protein (CP)/kg DM, 279g crude fibre (CF)/kg DM and an ME of 9 MJ/kg DM. The diet contained 50% VITON-NIS (sodium hydroxide treated straw).

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Dairy Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 128
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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