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Additives and feedstuffs in dairy cattle nutrition
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INTERPRETIVE SUMMARY Corn and alfalfa are among the forages most commonly fed to lactating dairycows because of agronomical, nutritional and economical reasons. Large dairyfarms are increasingly feeding corn silage as their main forage source. In thisstudy, cows fed mixtures of corn silage and alfalfa silage had higher feed intakeand milk production compared to cows offered corn silage as the only sourceof forage, or offered corn silage with low-quality alfalfa...
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A feed supplement for dairy calves has been developed by the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS), which it claims will help lower stress levels during transportation – a costly problem for the dairy industry which can adversely affect milk yields, Tom Armitage reports.
Stressed livestock costs producers millions of dollars each year and research has proved that healthy, happier cattle are often those which have the fewest food safety problems.
Dairy heifers, for instance, can produce...
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