Comparison of whole sugar cane and corn silage as roughage for milking cows

Twelve Holstein and Brown Swiss cows were used in a switch-back design, with three treatments: A) corn silage + 1,50 kg soybean meal; B) 50% corn silage + 50% sugar cane + 2,25 kg soybean meal; C) sugar cane + 3.00 kg soybean meal. The females received concentrates on a daily basis of 1 kg per 2.5 k...

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Autores: Valvasori, Edison, Lucci, Carlos de Sousa, Arcaro, Juliana Rodrigues Pozzi, Pires, Fernando Lima, Arcaro Júnior, Irineu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1995
País:Brasil
Institución:Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo (FMVZ-USP)
Repositorio:Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/52113
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/52113
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dairy cows
Feeding
Corn silage
Cane sugar
Vacas leiteiras
Alimentação
Silagem de milho
Cana-de-açúcar
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Sumario:Twelve Holstein and Brown Swiss cows were used in a switch-back design, with three treatments: A) corn silage + 1,50 kg soybean meal; B) 50% corn silage + 50% sugar cane + 2,25 kg soybean meal; C) sugar cane + 3.00 kg soybean meal. The females received concentrates on a daily basis of 1 kg per 2.5 kg of milk produced above 8 kg. The daily milk production (FCM) per cow was: A) 19,63 kg, B) 18,94 kg, C) 18.07 KG and differences were not significant (P>0.05). Treatments did not affect the fat content of milk or the live weight of the cow, but dry matter intake and total digestible nutrients decreased, when levels of sugar cane in the diets increased. In this trial, com silage and sugar cane were used with similar results, as roughages for dairy cows producing 18 kg milk by cow by day.