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The effects of forage maize and wheat and triticale whole crop silages on the performance of lactating dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

D. C. Patterson  and
D. J. Kilpatrick
D. C. Patterson*
Affiliation:
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Large Park, Hillsborough, United Kingdom
D. J. Kilpatrick
Affiliation:
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Applied Plant Science and Biometrics Division, Newforge Lane, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Patterson et al. (2004, 2005) obtained positive intake and milk production responses to the inclusion of maize silage in grass silage-based diets under Northern Ireland conditions. However, fermented whole crop and high dry matter (DM) milled urea/urease-treated whole crop wheats both increased forage intake, but had no significant effect on milk production. The aim of the present study was to further investigate the milk production potential of milled high DM whole crop wheat, in both urea-treated and ‘fermented’ forms, and fermented triticale whole crop, as a partial replacement for grass silage.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 122
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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Patterson, D.C., Kilpatrick, D.J. and Keady, T.W.J. (2004). The effects of maize and whole crop wheat silages on the performance of lactating dairy cows offered two levels of concentrates differing in protein concentration. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 4.Google Scholar
Patterson, D.C. and Kilpatrick, D.J. (2005). The effects of maize and whole crop wheat silages and quality of grass silage on the performance of lactating dairy cows. In: Silage Production and Utilisation, 14th International Silage Conference, Belfast, p. 165.CrossRefGoogle Scholar