The use of Italian ryegrass silage in a low input dairy cow feeding system in Austrian organic agriculture

Baldinger, Lisa; Zollitsch, Werner; Knaus, Wilhelm

doi:10.1007/s13165-012-0023-x

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“…A one per cent increase in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) or pearl millet (P. glaucum) stover digestibility would enhance milk production from 6% to 8% (Kristjanson et al, 1999). Stimulatory chemicals such as phenolics and flavonoids produced by the plant could increase feed intake and the growth of ruminants (Baldinger et al, 2012;Kuppusamy et al, 2018). In Italian ryegrass (L. multiflorum), phenolic acids and flavonoids act as essential antimicrobial ingredients to confront pathogenic bacteria (Choi et al, 2017).…”

Section: Plant Secondary Metabolitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity

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Singhal

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Grass and Forage Science

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Forage crops feed approximately 1.52 billion cattle, 1.21 billion sheep, 1.02 billion goats and 0.21 billion buffalo globally to support the production of miscellaneous dairy products, meat and wool and provide a sustainable income to farmers, particularly in the developing countries, and endow with valuable ecosystem services (FAOSTAT, 2016(FAOSTAT, , 2020Lee, 2018). Livestock commodities contribute nearly $ 1.4 trillion to the global economy, including the support of approximately 0.60 billion resource-poor smallholder farmers, and engage over 1.3 billion individuals (Lee, 2018;Robinson et al., 2011). Round the year, availability of high-quality fodder is a critical determinant of the livestock sector's success (Maheswari et al., 2017;Mishra et al., 2008). However, breeding for forage quality traits is considered an important secondary activity compared with higher forage yield, disease and pest tolerance. Altogether, forage nutritional quality traits are underrated and are not considered a market price determinant factor-like forage biomass (Battenfield et al., 2016). The quality fodder and feed can have a high digestibility, high non-structural carbohydrates, high crude protein, moderate tannins, high palatability, high sulphur amino acid, adequate minerals and low anti-nutritional factor (ANFs; Krämer-Schmid et al., 2016;Wilkins, 2018).However, the indisputable fact is that the extent of forage crop's palatability would regulate the foraging velocity and livestock intake rate. Bailey et al. (1996) reported a reduced foraging velocity and high intake rate in areas where highly palatable forage crops prevail. Forage nutritional quality regulates the migration of ruminants

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Section: Plant Secondary Metabolitesmentioning

confidence: 99%