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| Masucci, Dr Felicia; Di Francia, Prof Antonio; De Rosa, Dr Giuseppe; Romano, Prof Raffaele; Varicchio, Dr Maria Luisa; Grassi, Dr Carlo. |
| A study was carried out at an organic buffalo farm in order to examine the effect of feeding peas (Pisum sativum L.) as an alternative protein source for buffalo cow diets during middle and late stage of lactation. Two concentrates were formulated to contain, as fed basis, either 350 g/kg of soybean cake (control concentrate, CC) or 450 g/kg of peas (experimental concentrate, ExpC) as the main protein sources. The two concentrates were almost isonitrogenous (on average, crude protein 240 g/kg DM). Twenty buffalo cows were blocked into two groups according to lactation number and previous milk yield and were assigned to one of two dietary treatments from 10° day in milk onwards: control group was offered in the milking parlour 3 kg of CC, while treatment... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Feeding and growth. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/12167/1/Masucci_12167_ed.doc |
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