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| Mogensen, Lisbeth; Ingvartsen, Klaus L.; Kristensen, Troels; Seested, Susanne; Thamsborg, Stig M.. |
| This experiment presents the effect of 100% organic feed rations grown at an equal area per cow on milk production performance and metabolic responses. A total of 174 Danish Holstein cows were included in two experiments on two commercial organic dairy farms during the winter 2000/2001. Three types of supplementary feed were examined: 5 kg cereals, 3 kg rapeseed/cereal pellet or 1 kg rapeseed cake fed with a mixture of clover grass silage, whole crop silage and grass pellets ad libitum. The supplement of rapeseed/cereal pellet compared with cereals tended to decrease both milk fat and protein content, whereas fat and protein yield were unaffected. Milk yield was increased by supplement of rapeseed/cereal pellet compared with cereals in experiment 1, but... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4682/1/4682.pdf |
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