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The effect of level of concentrate feeding on the response of lactating dairy cows to dietary inclusion of fodder beet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D.C. Patterson ,
C.P. Ferris  and
F.J. Gordon
D.C. Patterson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, UK
C.P. Ferris
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, UK
F.J. Gordon
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, UK
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Traditional options to increase the energy intakes of lactating dairy cows include raising the level of concentrate feeding and/or improving the quality of grass silage. However, each of these options have limited potential to increase total ME intake (Ferris et al., 2000). The inclusion of an additional dietary component, such as whole crop cereal silage or fodder beet constitutes an alternative approach to increase energy intake (Phipps et al., 1995). An experiment was designed to examine the potential of fodder beet to increase the energy intake and performance of lactating dairy cows across a range of levels of concentrate feeding.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 182
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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Ferris, C.P., Gordon, F.J., Patterson, D.C., Kilpatrick, D.J., Mayne, C.S. and McCoy, M.A. 2000. The response of dairy cows of high genetic merit to increasing proportion of concentrate in the diet with a high and medium feed value silage. Journal of Agricultural Science (in press).Google Scholar
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