Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows

Efficient exploitation of grass for cattle requires the application of appropriated grassland management strategies to maximize pasture dry matter intake (PDMI) while maintaining high sward quality by allocating cows to an adequate pasture allowance (PA). The aim of this study was to investigate the...

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Autores: Roca Fernández, Ana Isabel, González-Rodríguez, A., Vázquez-Yáñez, O. P.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39278
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Palabra clave:Dairy cattle
Forage proportion
Grass feeding value
Milk fatty acids
3104 Producción Animal
310308 Gestión de la producción vegetal
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spelling Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cowsRoca Fernández, Ana IsabelGonzález-Rodríguez, A.Vázquez-Yáñez, O. P.Dairy cattleForage proportionGrass feeding valueMilk fatty acids3104 Producción Animal310308 Gestión de la producción vegetalEfficient exploitation of grass for cattle requires the application of appropriated grassland management strategies to maximize pasture dry matter intake (PDMI) while maintaining high sward quality by allocating cows to an adequate pasture allowance (PA). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two PA, low (L) vs. high (H), on sward quality, PDMI and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows (n=72) at two lactation stages (LS), early (E) vs. middle (M). Cows were randomly assigned to four groups (LE, LM, HE and HM) in a 2×2 factorial design. The low PA treatments completed 5 rotations, with more grazing days (+13), lower pre- (14.3) and post-grazing (5.3) sward heights (cm) and higher herbage utilization (81.7%). The low PA had higher stocking rate than the high PA treatments (4.8 vs. 3.9 cows ha-1)and lower PDMI (13.4 kg vs. 14.4 DM cow-1 day-1) with higher (p<0.05) (g kg-1 DM) protein (149.1), carbohydrates (166.7) and digestibility (746.8) while lower (p<0.05) DM (18.4%), acid (283.5) and neutral detergent (508.6) fibers (g kg-1 DM). Sward quality is deteriorated (p<0.05) from rotation 1 to 5, lower decrease was found on low PA treatments. Milk yield (MY) was higher (p<0.05) in cows at early LS (24.8 kg cow-1 day-1), with the lowest (p<0.05) protein (28.9) and fat (36.9) content (g kg-1). No differences were found on MY between PA treatments, but higher protein and fat content were observed on low PA. Decreasing PA resulted in higher sward and milk quality without penalizing MY.Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y AlimentariaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Anatomía, Produción Animal e Ciencias Clínicas Veterinarias20122012-03-1520122012-03-15journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/39278reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/392782026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
title Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
spellingShingle Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
Roca Fernández, Ana Isabel
Dairy cattle
Forage proportion
Grass feeding value
Milk fatty acids
3104 Producción Animal
310308 Gestión de la producción vegetal
title_short Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
title_full Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
title_fullStr Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
title_full_unstemmed Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
title_sort Effect of pasture allowance and cows’ lactation stage on perennial ryegrass sward quality, pasture dry matter intake and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Roca Fernández, Ana Isabel
González-Rodríguez, A.
Vázquez-Yáñez, O. P.
author Roca Fernández, Ana Isabel
author_facet Roca Fernández, Ana Isabel
González-Rodríguez, A.
Vázquez-Yáñez, O. P.
author_role author
author2 González-Rodríguez, A.
Vázquez-Yáñez, O. P.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Anatomía, Produción Animal e Ciencias Clínicas Veterinarias

dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Dairy cattle
Forage proportion
Grass feeding value
Milk fatty acids
3104 Producción Animal
310308 Gestión de la producción vegetal
topic Dairy cattle
Forage proportion
Grass feeding value
Milk fatty acids
3104 Producción Animal
310308 Gestión de la producción vegetal
description Efficient exploitation of grass for cattle requires the application of appropriated grassland management strategies to maximize pasture dry matter intake (PDMI) while maintaining high sward quality by allocating cows to an adequate pasture allowance (PA). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two PA, low (L) vs. high (H), on sward quality, PDMI and milk performance of Holstein-Friesian cows (n=72) at two lactation stages (LS), early (E) vs. middle (M). Cows were randomly assigned to four groups (LE, LM, HE and HM) in a 2×2 factorial design. The low PA treatments completed 5 rotations, with more grazing days (+13), lower pre- (14.3) and post-grazing (5.3) sward heights (cm) and higher herbage utilization (81.7%). The low PA had higher stocking rate than the high PA treatments (4.8 vs. 3.9 cows ha-1)and lower PDMI (13.4 kg vs. 14.4 DM cow-1 day-1) with higher (p<0.05) (g kg-1 DM) protein (149.1), carbohydrates (166.7) and digestibility (746.8) while lower (p<0.05) DM (18.4%), acid (283.5) and neutral detergent (508.6) fibers (g kg-1 DM). Sward quality is deteriorated (p<0.05) from rotation 1 to 5, lower decrease was found on low PA treatments. Milk yield (MY) was higher (p<0.05) in cows at early LS (24.8 kg cow-1 day-1), with the lowest (p<0.05) protein (28.9) and fat (36.9) content (g kg-1). No differences were found on MY between PA treatments, but higher protein and fat content were observed on low PA. Decreasing PA resulted in higher sward and milk quality without penalizing MY.
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