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Amount of concentrates and protein source for dairy goats on hay-based diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

J D Sutton
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 SLR
J E Cook
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 SLR
F I Ogundola
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 SLR
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Extract

The efficient use of forages for milk production by dairy goats requires reliable estimates of the responses in intake and milk production to concentrate supplementation. Based on the results of experiments with dairy cows, two factors of particular importance are likely to be amount of concentrates and quality of the protein.

Type
Goats and Deer
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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