Whole-crop triticale silage for dairy cows grazing perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) or tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) pastures in small-scale dairy systems during the dry season in the highlands of Mexico

González-Alcántara, Felipe de Jesús; Estrada-Flores, Julieta Gertrudis; Morales-Almaráz, Ernesto; López-González, Felipe; Gómez-Miranda, Aída; Vega-García, Jesús Israel; Arriaga-Jordán, Carlos Manuel

doi:10.1007/s11250-020-02206-9

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“…Crop, pasture and cow performance of this experiment were reported by González-Alcántara et al (2020); the results reported here concern the fatty acid profile of feeds and milk.…”

Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 82%

“…Grazing was continuous (set stocked) at a stocking rate of 4.8 cows/ha, with access to pasture for 8 h/day, and the cows were kept overnight in pens. Results for pasture intake and pasture variables have been published by González-Alcántara et al (2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Milk yield and composition have been reported by González-Alcántara et al (2020) and are referred to in Table 2. There were no statistical differences (P>0.05) in chemical composition of milk among treatments, with a mean of 33 g milk fat/kg milk and 33.3 g milk protein/kg milk González-Alcántara et al (2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Botanical composition in the PRG pasture was 56.5% perennial ryegrass, 34.5% white clover and 9.0% dead herbage, and the TFC pasture was 79.8% tall fescue, 12.7% white clover, and 7.5% dead herbage (González-Alcántara et al 2020). Pasture utilization was 89.6%, estimated following Reinoso-Ortiz and Soto-Silva (2006).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Triticale has been evaluated as forage for dairy cattle since the 1970s with good results in terms of yield and nutritive value (Fisher 1972). Previous work on the inclusion of triticale silage for dairy cows in small-scale dairy systems has also shown encouraging results (González-Alcántara et al 2020).…”

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Fatty acid profile in milk of cows fed triticale silage in small-scale dairy systems in the highlands of central Mexico

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López-González

Morales-Almaráz

et al. 2021

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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Milk contains fatty acids (FA) beneficial to human health, so there is interest in the effect of feeding strategies on the FA content of milk. Small-scale dairy systems require conserved forages in the dry season. Cow diets of silages and concentrates yield a lower content of beneficial FA in milk. The objective was to determine the FA profile of feeds and milk from dairy cows on daytime grazing of pastures fed two levels of triticale silage and concentrate. Eight Holstein cows grazed pastures of perennial ryegrass or tall fescue. Triticale silage was offered at two levels (7.5 and 5.0 kg DM/d), in addition to 4.65 kg DM/d of concentrate. The experimental design was a 2 × 2 factorial with two pastures and two levels of silage in a repeated 4 × 4 Latin Square. Linolenic, linoleic, and palmitic acids comprised over 85% of FA in forages, and linoleic acid constituted 50% of FA in the concentrate. There were no differences in the milk composition, or the FA content of milk among treatments or periods (P>0.05). A higher inclusion of triticale silage did not change the fatty acid profile of milk. The content of beneficial FA in milk was similar to that of grazing cows.

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“…Crop, pasture and cow performance of this experiment were reported by González-Alcántara et al (2020); the results reported here concern the fatty acid profile of feeds and milk.…”

Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 82%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%