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Replacement of whole crop wheat by grass silage in the diet of dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

J. Hill  and
J.D. Leaver
J. Hill
Affiliation:
Wye College, University of London, Nr Ashford, Kent. TN25 5AH
J.D. Leaver
Affiliation:
Wye College, University of London, Nr Ashford, Kent. TN25 5AH
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Previous studies with whole crop wheat (WCW) fed to dairy cows (Hill and Leaver, 1990) showed that high intakes were achieved relative to liveweight when offered as the sole forage, but there appeared to be a poor utilisation of the ME intake. The reasons for this have not been clarified, but the very high intake of ammonia could be a predisposing cause. The place for WCW is therefore likely to be as a proportion of the total forage. The high pH should make it an ideal complement for silage.

The objective of this experiment was to replace part of the WCW intake with grass silage.

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Cereal Crop Utilisation
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 151
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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References

Hill, J. and Leaver, J.D. (1990) Animal Production 50, 578 (Abstr.).Google Scholar