摘 要: | IntroductionForage quality can be defined as the extent to which forage has the potential to produce a desired animal response or level of performance,for example,daily gain or milk production.Due to forage quality is a function of both animal and plant factors.It is difficult and complex to completely evaluate forage quality.Recently,an new integrated index,Grading index (GI),was proposed by Chinese scholar Lu Dexun.Grading index (GI) method has been appraised officially as the national standard of forage quality evaluation in China,which was implemented in 2009.On basis of briefly overview the development of forage quality evaluation technology,this paper is to emphasize on introducing forage grading index and its application in dairy cattle feeding.
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