Faecal characteristics and milk production of dairy cows in early-lactation fed diets differing in forage types in commercial herds |
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| Authors: | A C Mgbeahuruike P Nørgaard T Eriksson M Nordqvist |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria;2. Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria;3. Department of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skara, Sweden;4. Department of Clinical Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark;5. Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden;6. Department of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skara, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Effects of grass–clover silage (GCS) alone or combined with whole-crop cereal silage, maize silage (MS) or ensiled pressed sugar beet pulp (EPSB) on faecal characteristics and performance of early-lactation dairy cows were studied in 26 herds. Data were analysed with herd as the experimental unit and correlation coefficients among the variables were estimated. Feeding MS combined with GCS resulted in faeces of a firmer consistency (P?P?r?=?0.83, P?r?=??0.54, P?r?=?0.63, P?
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| Keywords: | Consistency dairy cow faeces faecal grain faecal particle size forage milk production |
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