scholarly journals Effects of Feeding High Forage Diets and Supplemental Fat on Feed Intake and Lactation Performance in Dairy Cows

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Abdullah ◽  
J. W. Young ◽  
H. D. Tyler ◽  
G. Mohiuddin
2016 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 2775-2787 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Manthey ◽  
K.F. Kalscheur ◽  
A.D. Garcia ◽  
K. Mjoun

1990 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. ROBINSON ◽  
P. L. BURGESS

Alfalfa silage-based rations containing corn grain, oats or tallow as the primary supplemental energy source were fed to a total of 48 mid-lactation cows in two 56-d experiments. Corn, oats or tallow were mixed with the alfalfa silage and fed ad libitum. A corn-barley-soybean meal-based concentrate was fed twice daily proportional to milk production. Overall rations varied from 55 to 70% alfalfa silage on a dry matter basis. Feed intake was lower for tallow-supplemented cows, whereas milk yield and milk proportions of fat and lactose were similar for cows in all groups. Tallow-supplemented cows produced milk with a lower protein proportion and protein yield was also lower. Tallow-supplemented cows produced milk with major shifts in milk fatty acids from most short-chain fatty acids (<C16:1) to primarily C18:1 as well as C18:0 and C20:0. Parameters of rumen fermentation were similar among all groups and did not suggest a ruminal mechanism for reduced feed intake in spite of the high level of added fat (8.6 and 6.2% of dietary dry matter in exp. 1 and exp. 2, respectively). Isoenergetic substitution of oats for corn had no negative effects on animal performance in these high-forage diets. However, addition of tallow to alfalfa silage at these levels depressed overall animal performance. Key words: Tallow, oats, corn, milk fatty acids, dairy cows


1990 ◽  
Vol 73 (12) ◽  
pp. 3512-3525 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Lubis ◽  
H.H. Van Horn ◽  
B. Harris ◽  
K.C. Bachman ◽  
S.M. Emanuele

2006 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsutomu OHGI ◽  
Satoshi HARA ◽  
Tadao OZEKI ◽  
Mamiko FUJITA ◽  
Osamu SAKAI ◽  
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