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Flat rate versus step feeding of concentrates for dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

D A Poole
D A Poole*
Affiliation:
Boxworth Experimental Husbandry Farm Boxworth, Cambridge. CB3 8NN
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Two trials have compared flat rate feeding in which cows received the same amount of concentrates each day, with a step system in which higher levels were fed in early lactation. Whereas step feeding is similar to traditional methods of concentrate allocation, flat rate feeding is a recently developed system. It is practised with success on some farms and has the advantage of simplicity, since it is not necessary to separate or identify cows-for concentrate feeding.

Type
Winter Feeding of Dairy Cows
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 8
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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