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Voluntary feed intake in autumn calving continental x dairy suckler cows given a grass silage based diet ad libitum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J. J. Hyslop ,
B. A. Hedley ,
R. Keatinge  and
D. G. Chapple
J. J. Hyslop
Affiliation:
ADAS Redesdale, Rochester, Otterburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE19 1SB, UK
B. A. Hedley
Affiliation:
ADAS Redesdale, Rochester, Otterburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE19 1SB, UK
R. Keatinge
Affiliation:
ADAS Redesdale, Rochester, Otterburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE19 1SB, UK
D. G. Chapple
Affiliation:
ADAS Rosemaund, Preston Wynne, Hereford, HR1 3PG, UK
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Extract

An understanding of the dry matter intake (DMI) capacity of suckler cows is crucial to the provision of adequate nutrition during lactation. However, quantitative data on the likely feed intake patterns of modern continental x dairy suckler cow genotypes is scarce. The objective of the current experiment was to determine voluntary DMI in Simmental x Holstein/Friesian (SIM) and Belgian Blue x Holstein/Friesian (BB) autumn calving suckler cows offered a grass silage based diet ad libitum.

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Poster Presentations
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 155
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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