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| Kapp, Alexandra; Kreuzer, Michael; Kaptijn, Gerdine; Leiber, Florian. |
| An experiment was conducted to test whether dietary sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia), a plant containing condensed tannins, affects feeding and rumination behaviour of dairy cows fed different roughage-only diets. Out of a herd of sixty lactating Swiss Fleckvieh cows, twenty-nine were chosen for a 6-week experiment. Cows were fed pasture, fresh cut grass and hay. During week 1 (baseline) and weeks 2-4, they had access to pasture for 4 hours during day, and received approximately 6 kg DM/day fresh grass and 4 kg DM/day hay in barn. In week 5 and 6, daily pasture allowance was 2 h; hay offer was doubled. In week 2-6, each cow individually received respectively 1 kg of pelleted feed in the morning and in the evening. Ten cows received ryegrass pellets in week... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Feeding and growth. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34446/1/KApp_EAAP_2018.pdf |
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