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Dairy rations based on mixtures of grass silage and maize silage: responses to supplemental rumen fermentable starch and rumen degradable protein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

J.R. Newbold ,
H.W. Morris  and
N.G. Haggis
J.R. Newbold
Affiliation:
BOCM PAULS LTD, 47 Key Street, Ipswich, IP4 1BX, United Kingdom
H.W. Morris
Affiliation:
BOCM PAULS LTD, 47 Key Street, Ipswich, IP4 1BX, United Kingdom
N.G. Haggis
Affiliation:
BOCM PAULS LTD, 47 Key Street, Ipswich, IP4 1BX, United Kingdom
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Compared with most grass silages, maize silage has a low ratio of rumen degradable protein: fermentable energy. Unlike grass silage, maize silage contains rumen fermentable starch. These differences imply that a different regimen of supplemental nutrients is required to optimise cow performance on rations containing maize silage compared with rations based on grass silage. The objective of this study was to define responses of dairy cows fed rations based on maize silage to supplements of rumen fermentable starch (RFS) and effective rumen degradable protein (ERDP).

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Dairy
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 82
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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