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Effect of yeast culture on feed intake and productive performance of lactating dairy cows fed on barley silage based diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

S. Sobhani Rad ,
R. Valizadeh  and
A. A. Nasserian
S. Sobhani Rad*
Affiliation:
Department of animal science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box: 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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Email ssobhani2002@yahoo.com
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Pervious studies have suggested that yeast culture supplementation may have a significant impact on the productive performance of lactating cows. Improvements in dry matter intake (williams et al.,1991), milk yield (wohlt et al.,1991), milk fat and milk protein percentages have been reported in various studies (Harris et al.,1992). However, some studies have shown no significant response in lactating cows fed diets with yeast supplementation (Kim et al.,1992). The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of diet supplemented with saccharomyces cerevisiae upon milk production and milk composition of early lactating Holstein cows.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 172
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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