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Rapeseed meal and maize gluten as supplements to straw in winter rations for spring calving suckler cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

Duncan Pullar  and
Ian Rigby
Duncan Pullar
Affiliation:
ADAS, High Mowthorpe EHF, Duggleby, Malton, North Yorkshire, Y017 8BP
Ian Rigby
Affiliation:
ADAS, High Mowthorpe EHF, Duggleby, Malton, North Yorkshire, Y017 8BP
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Winter feed represents a major cost in the production of suckled calves. By using the summer grazing period to ensure that cows are housed in good body condition winter feed can be restricted. The controlled weight loss of cows through the winter subsidises food inputs (WRIGHT, RUSSEL and HUNTER, 1986). At High Mowthorpe a mixture of barley and urea (BU) has proved to be a cheap and successful supplement to ad-lib wheat straw as a winter ration for suckler cows. Rapeseed meal (RSM) and maize gluten (MG) are possible alternatives to BU. RSM and MG have two potential advantages in that they may be cheaper to purchase and that they eliminate the need for milling and mixing facilities. Provided cow performance is not adversely affected RSM and MG could offer scope for simplifying ration preparation and reducing winter feed costs.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1990 , March 1990 , pp. 147
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1990

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