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Effect of total mixed ration composition and daily grazing pattern on milk production, composition and fatty acids profile of dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2014

Martha Hernández-Ortega ,
Adela Martínez-Fernández ,
Ana Soldado ,
Amelia González ,
Carlos M. Arriaga-Jordán ,
Alejandro Argamentería ,
Begoña de la Roza-Delgado  and
Fernando Vicente
Martha Hernández-Ortega
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Rurales, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (ICAR-UAEM), MEX-50000 Toluca, Mexico
Adela Martínez-Fernández
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Ana Soldado
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Amelia González
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Carlos M. Arriaga-Jordán
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Rurales, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (ICAR-UAEM), MEX-50000 Toluca, Mexico
Alejandro Argamentería
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Begoña de la Roza-Delgado
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
Fernando Vicente*
Affiliation:
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA), E-33300, Villaviciosa (Asturias), Spain
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The possibilities of using high quality pastures in conjunction with total mixed ration (TMR) during the grazing season have been examined. An experiment with sixteen Holstein cows blocked and randomly assigned to four treatments in a factorial arrangement was conducted in order to evaluate the influence of grazing time of day (day or night) and type of silage (maize or Italian ryegrass) included in the TMR of dairy cows grazing 12 h daily on milk yield, composition and fatty acid profile. The silage type had no effect on the dry matter intake, milk yield and fat and protein proportions. However, cows grazing during the night ate more grass than cows grazing during the day (8·53 vs. 5·65 kg DM/d; P<0·05). No differences were seen between grazing-time with respect to milk production, fat and protein contents. However, the proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acid was higher in milk of dairy cows grazing at night-time than grazing at day-time, especially 18:2n-6 (2·37 vs. 2·12 g/100 g FA respectively, P<0·05) and 18:2cis9trans11 (2·08 vs. 1·74 g/100 g FA respectively, P<0·05).

Keywords

Dairy cowgrazing time of daydry matter intakemilkfatty acid profile
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , November 2014 , pp. 471 - 478
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