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Forage intake, milk yield and composition of cows in a silvopastoral system with and without access to the forage tree and energy supplementation during the rainy season

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

V. Valdivia ,
C.A. Sandoval-Castro ,
K. Otaduy  and
J.C. Ku-Vera
V. Valdivia
Affiliation:
Universidad Católica del Trópico Seca, Estelí, Nicaragua
C.A. Sandoval-Castro*
Affiliation:
University of Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
K. Otaduy
Affiliation:
SERIDA, Asturias, Spain
J.C. Ku-Vera
Affiliation:
University of Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
*
Email:csandovalcastro@gmail.com
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The improvement in animal performance obtained in silvopastoral systems has been explained either by their ingestion of a higher quality grass (Hernandez et al., 2001, Iglesias, 1998) resulting from the inclusion of a legume in the system which provide N for grass growth or due to the intake of the legume itself, which in turn is also of higher quality than grass. During the rainy season, animals might be able to increase selectivity and intake due to the higher availability of biomass hence possibly reducing the advantage of including a legume in the system. The objective of the present work was to discriminate in a silvopastoral system the effect of improved grass quality and legume intake on dual purpose lactating cows milk yield and composition.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 199
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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