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The effect of salts of sulphite on intake levels of urea treated whole-crop wheat silage fed to grazing Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R. R. Edwards ,
J. K. Margerison  and
B. Winkler
R. R. Edwards
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne Faculty of land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Ashburton Road, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK
J. K. Margerison
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne Faculty of land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Ashburton Road, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK
B. Winkler
Affiliation:
Seale-Hayne Faculty of land, Food and Leisure, Newton Abbot, Ashburton Road, Devon TQ12 6NQ, UK
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Forage supplementation is a strategy sometimes used in dairy production systems to achieve increased dry-matter (DM) intakes in grazing dairy cows. During periods of low grass growth rates, often because of low rainfall, such intakes are not possible from grass alone (Phillips, 1988) and buffer feeds are used. More recently, whole crop cereal and maize silage have been utilised. These forage crops are susceptibility to aerobic deterioration which can result in significant losses in quality (Sanderson, 1993; Weinberg et al., 1993) however the addition of salts of sulphite, typically using in the food industry, can prevent aerobic deterioration. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of low levels of salts of sulphite on the stability of whole crop wheat silage used as a buffer feed on feed intake and milk yield.

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Cattle Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 111
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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