Lactation responses of dairy cows to whole-crop wheat or ryegrass silages

Fonseca, António J.M.; Cabrita, Ana R.J.; Nogueira, Cláudia; Melo, Daniela; Lopes, Z.M.C.; Abreu, J. M. F.

doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.10.006

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“…The CP content of caramba fresh is consistent with the findings of relevant studies ( DLG, 1991 ; Amrane and Michalet-Doreau, 1993 ; Redfearn et al, 2002 ; Bernard, 2003 ; Aganga et al, 2004 ; Repetto et al, 2005 ). The finding regarding CP content of caramba silage is consistent with that found by Bernard (2003) , Aganga et al (2004) , Fonseca et al (2005) and Baldinger et al (2011) while it is lower than the value found by DLG (1991) (11.7%). However, approximately 10% lower CP contents have mostly been reported for silage.…”

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“…Findings about NDF and ADF contents of caramba fresh are consistent with those found by Ridla and Uchida (1998) , Redfearn et al (2002) , and Aganga et al (2004) while they are higher than findings of Fulkerson et al (1998) , Ben-Ghedalia et al (2001) , Montossi et al (2001) , and Ximena Valderrama and Rene Anrique (2011) . Our results for NDF and ADF contents of caramba silage are similar to those from the study of Fonseca et al (2005) that are NDF (63.8%) and ADF (39.3%). Results for NDF content of caramba hay are consistent with that found by Amrane and Michalet-Doreau (1993) and Fariani et al (1994) (52.4% and 64.4% respectively).…”

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Chemical Composition, In vivo Digestibility and Metabolizable Energy Values of Caramba (Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba) Fresh, Silage and Hay

Özelçam¹,

Kırkpınar²,

Tan³

2015

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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The experiment was conducted to determine nutritive values of caramba (Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba) fresh, silage and hay by in vivo and in vitro methods. There was a statistically significant difference (p<0.01) in crude protein content value between fresh caramba (12.83%) and silage (8.91%) and hay (6.35%). According to results of experiment, the crude fiber, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber (ADF), acid detergent lignin contents of the three forms of caramba varied between 30.22% to 35.06%, 57.41% to 63.70%, 35.32% to 43.29%, and 5.55% to 8.86% respectively. There were no significant differences between the three forms of caramba in digestibility of nutrients and in vivo metabolizable energy (ME) values (p>0.05). However, the highest MECN (ME was estimated using crude nutrients) and MEADF values were found in fresh caramba (p<0.01). As a result, it could be said that, there were no differences between the three forms of caramba in nutrient composition, digestibility and ME value, besides drying and ensiling did not affect digestibility of hay. Consequently, caramba either as fresh, silage or hay is a good alternative source of forage for ruminants.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 89%

Chemical Composition, In vivo Digestibility and Metabolizable Energy Values of Caramba (Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba) Fresh, Silage and Hay

Özelçam¹,

Kırkpınar²,

Tan³

2015

Asian Australas. J. Anim. Sci

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“…The low crude protein (CP) content and the relatively high DM and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) contents of RGS reflect the advanced stage of maturity at harvest common in this region. The DM and starch contents of the whole-crop wheat silages were lower than our earlier reported results using different wheat varieties harvested at the end of May (Fonseca et al, 2005). The effects of the dietary treatments on feed and nutrient intakes, milk production and composition, dietary organic matter digestibility (OMD) and plasma parameters are shown in Table II.…”

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Production of dairy cows fed whole-crop cereals or ryegrass silages supplemented with a fixed amount of concentrate

Cabrita

Abreu

Miranda³

et al. 2005

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science

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Feed intake and milk production responses to whole-crop cereal silages and ryegrass silage (RGS) supplemented with a fixed amount of concentrate were measured in three 4)/4 Latin square-designed experiment with three 17-day periods using 12 Holstein cows. Diets consisted of a fixed amount of concentrate (10 kg) and one of the following silages offered ad libitum : RGS, Mondego wheat silage (MWS), Alva wheat silage (AWS), and triticale silage (TS). Silage dry matter intake and milk yield were significantly higher for RGS. Milk composition was not affected by silage treatment. The whole-crop cereal silages tended to show higher milk concentrations of anteiso C15:0, iso C15:0, C16:1 and C18:1 and lower concentrations of C18:2 and C18:3. This study suggests better response of dairy cows to a single cut RGS than to whole-crop cereal silages harvested in an early stage of maturity.

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“…Previous studies under conventional agriculture conditions associated with high proportions of concentrates (45% of total diet DM) have shown higher intakes of Italian ryegrass silage as compared with corn silage and whole‐crop cereal silages 2, 3. When concentrates were increased to 55% of the total diet DM, no difference in forage intake between Italian ryegrass silage and whole‐crop wheat silage was observed 4…”

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confidence: 85%

“…In conventional agriculture, Italian ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum Lam.) is widely known as a high‐yielding, high‐energy forage that is well suited for the feeding of dairy cows, last but not least because of its ability to promote high forage intakes 2–5. In Austria, Italian ryegrass is rarely cultivated owing to its low frost resistance.…”

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Italian ryegrass silage in winter feeding of organic dairy cows: forage intake, milk yield and composition

Baldinger

Baumung

Zollitsch

et al. 2010

J. Sci. Food Agric.

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Lactation responses of dairy cows to whole-crop wheat or ryegrass silages

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References 18 publications

Chemical Composition, <i>In vivo</i> Digestibility and Metabolizable Energy Values of Caramba (<i>Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba</i>) Fresh, Silage and Hay

Chemical Composition, <i>In vivo</i> Digestibility and Metabolizable Energy Values of Caramba (<i>Lolium multiflorum cv. caramba</i>) Fresh, Silage and Hay

Production of dairy cows fed whole-crop cereals or ryegrass silages supplemented with a fixed amount of concentrate

Italian ryegrass silage in winter feeding of organic dairy cows: forage intake, milk yield and composition

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