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2022
Effects of type of concentrate and timing of supplementation on feed intake, nitrogen use, and performance in lactating dairy cows grazing an alfalfa-ryegrass sward
Effects of type of concentrate and timing of supplementation on feed intake, nitrogen use, and performance in lactating dairy cows grazing an alfalfa-ryegrass sward
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The aim was to analyze the effects of two cereal grains differing in nutritional composition and starch degradation characteristics and the timing of their supplementation on feed intake, rumen microbial protein synthesis (MPS), performance, and nitrogen use of lactating dairy cows grazing an alfalfa-ryegrass sward. Four dietary treatments were tested in 24 lactating Brown Swiss cows in an incomplete 4 × 3 Latin square design. Cows were supplemented with 3.5 kg/d (as-fed basis) of a corn-based or an oat-based concentrate mixture (CM), of which either the majority (2.5 vs. 1.0 kg/d) was offered before or after grazing. Feed intake was similar across diets, but the interaction between type of CM and timing of supplementation affected eating time (p = 0.010), milk protein (p = 0.013) and energy-corrected milk yields (p = 0.025), efficiency of rumen MPS (p = 0.094), and nitrogen use efficiency (p = 0.081). Most of these variables were greater when the majority of the corn-based CM was offered after grazing and the oat-based CM before grazing. Supplementing slowly degradable starch sources after and rapidly degradable starch sources before grazing may improve the efficiency of rumen MPS, milk performance, and nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cows grazing alfalfa-ryegrass swards.
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Animals, 12 (2022), 10, 1235.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12101235.
ISSN: 2076-2615
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@article{Dickhoefer2022,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16784},
doi = {10.3390/ani12101235},
author = {Dickhoefer, Uta and Sainz-Sanchez, Pedro Alan and Rojas, Gustavo et al.},
title = {Effects of Type of Concentrate and Timing of Supplementation on Feed Intake, Nitrogen Use, and Performance in Lactating Dairy Cows Grazing an Alfalfa-Ryegrass Sward},
journal = {Animals},
year = {2022},
volume = {12},
number = {10},
}