Whole crop barley as a supplementary feed for grazing dairy cows

1992 ◽  
Vol 1992 ◽  
pp. 64-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hargreaves ◽  
J.D. Leaver
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Winter Barley ◽  
Optimum Time ◽  
Late Season ◽  
Stages Of Growth ◽  
Feeding Value ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows ◽  
Supplementary Feed

It is not clear when the optimum time of harvesting the winter barley as whole crop for silage should be in terms of feeding value for dairy cows and yield of the crop. Little information is available using whole crop barley as a buffer feed. The aim of these experiments was to evaluate the feeding value of whole crop barley (WCB) silage harvested at three stages of growth as a supplementary feed for grazing dairy cows during the late season.Winter barley (var. Pipkin) was harvested at 4 stages of growth : T1:250, T2:350, T3:450 and T4:550 gDM/kg, at the following dates : 25/5, 19/6, 3/7 and 11/7/1991, respectively. The chopped material from T1-T4 was stored in minisilos and from T1-T3 in larger silos for animal studies.

Whole-crop barley as a supplementary feed for dairy cows grazing at two sward heights

1993 ◽  
Vol 1993 ◽  
pp. 96-96
Author(s):  
A. Hargreaves ◽  
J.D. Leaver
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Winter Barley ◽  
Stages Of Growth ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows ◽  
Supplementary Feed ◽  
Barley Silage

In previous research grazing dairy cows showed no response to whole-crop barley silage (WCB) cut at different stages of growth, but the crop yield and quality, and DM losses were optimised at 350 to 450 g DM/Kg (early to hard dough) (Hargreaves and Leaver, 1992). However tha effect of herbage availability on the response to WCB supplementation is not known, therefore the objective of this study was to examine this effect during mid to late summer.Winter barley (var. Puffin) was harvested on 16th July at 380 g DM/Kg (soft dough) and a yield of 14 t DM/ha. The chopped material was stored in a bunker silo.

Effect of stage of growth and urea addition on the preservation and nutritive value of whole crop wheat

1991 ◽  
Vol 1991 ◽  
pp. 150-150
Author(s):  
J. Hill ◽  
J.D. Leaver
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Nutritive Value ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Stages Of Growth ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Urea Addition ◽  
New Crop

Whole crop wheat (WCW) is a relatively new crop as a feed for dairy cows, and little information is available on its dry matter yield and nutritive value relative to stage of growth at harvest. Also, the role of urea (which hydrolyses to ammonia in the crop) addition in reducing fermentation and aerobic spoilage losses has not been investigated.The aim of this experiment was to examine three stages of growth at harvest for WCW, with and without urea.An area of winter wheat (cv Fortress) was cut (5 cm above ground) at three growth stages (GS 49, 71 and 87). The resultant forages were chopped through a precision-chop harvester and stored in air-tight barrels of 0.225 m3 capacity. Urea was added at 0 and 40 g/kgDM at each stage of growth and there were three replicates of each treatment. Thermocouples placed centrally were used to monitor temperature changes. The mini silos held approximately 100 kg of forages and they were opened after 90 days. Vertical cores were taken as samples and the mini silos were left open for a further 18 days to assess aerobic deterioration.

Effects of season of growth and digestibility of herbage on intake by grazing dairy cows

1963 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Corbett ◽  
J. P. Langlands ◽  
G. W. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Digestible Organic Matter ◽  
Feeding Value ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows ◽  
Maintenance Requirements ◽  
Strip Grazing

SUMMARY1. The intakes of herbage organic matter (OM) and digestible organic matter (DOM) by twenty dairy cows were measured during two periods of strip grazing on one pasture, in spring and late summer of the same year.2. Results from the first 5-day measurement period in the spring suggested that intakes at this time were restricted primarily because the cows had difficulty in gathering the short herbage. Measurements on ten of the cows continued during a further 5 weeks while the digestibility of the OM of grazed herbage declined from about 80 to 68%. There was a fall of about 20% in DOM intake by the cows during this period; one-quarter of the fall could be ascribed to a reduction in OM intake and the remainder to the decline in digestibility as such.3. Intakes were measured during two weeks in late summer and were compared with those measured during two weeks in the spring when the digestibility of the grazed herbage was similar. Intakes of DOM expressed as lb./lb. live-weight0·73 were the lower by about 10% in the late summer, or by from 10 to 20% in terms of DOM available for production when allowance had been made for maintenance requirements. This finding is discussed in relation to practical experience of the feeding value of autumn grass.

scholarly journals Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with Concentrations of Milk Fat, Protein, Urea and Efficiency of Crude Protein Utilization in Grazing Dairy Cows

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
Hewa Bahithige Pavithra Chathurangi Ariyarathne ◽  
Martin Correa-Luna ◽  
Hugh Thomas Blair ◽  
Dorian John Garrick ◽  
Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos
Keyword(s):  
Gene Ontology ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Candidate Genes ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Single Locus ◽  
Protein Utilization ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows ◽  
Genomic Regions

The objective of this study was to identify genomic regions associated with milk fat percentage (FP), crude protein percentage (CPP), urea concentration (MU) and efficiency of crude protein utilization (ECPU: ratio between crude protein yield in milk and dietary crude protein intake) using grazing, mixed-breed, dairy cows in New Zealand. Phenotypes from 634 Holstein Friesian, Jersey or crossbred cows were obtained from two herds at Massey University. A subset of 490 of these cows was genotyped using Bovine Illumina 50K SNP-chips. Two genome-wise association approaches were used, a single-locus model fitted to data from 490 cows and a single-step Bayes C model fitted to data from all 634 cows. The single-locus analysis was performed with the Efficient Mixed-Model Association eXpedited model as implemented in the SVS package. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with genome-wide association p-values ≤ 1.11 × 10−6 were considered as putative quantitative trait loci (QTL). The Bayes C analysis was performed with the JWAS package and 1-Mb genomic windows containing SNPs that explained > 0.37% of the genetic variance were considered as putative QTL. Candidate genes within 100 kb from the identified SNPs in single-locus GWAS or the 1-Mb windows were identified using gene ontology, as implemented in the Ensembl Genome Browser. The genes detected in association with FP (MGST1, DGAT1, CEBPD, SLC52A2, GPAT4, and ACOX3) and CPP (DGAT1, CSN1S1, GOSR2, HERC6, and IGF1R) were identified as candidates. Gene ontology revealed six novel candidate genes (GMDS, E2F7, SIAH1, SLC24A4, LGMN, and ASS1) significantly associated with MU whose functions were in protein catabolism, urea cycle, ion transportation and N excretion. One novel candidate gene was identified in association with ECPU (MAP3K1) that is involved in post-transcriptional modification of proteins. The findings should be validated using a larger population of New Zealand grazing dairy cows.

Supplementation of grazing dairy cows with a brewers grains/treated straw mixture

1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 ◽  
pp. 46-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Leaver ◽  
R.C. Campling
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Barley Straw ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
Metabolisable Energy ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows ◽  
Similar Cost ◽  
Friesian Cows

Supplementary feeding of grazing dairy cows is often uneconomic, and whilst supplementation with silage (buffer feeding) can be worthwhile, this often leads to a depletion of winter forage stores. In this study, a mixture of brewers grains and treated straw was used as a supplement. Offered as a 1:1 mixture in the dry matter (DM), it is a purchased substitute for grass silage, having a similar cost, and similar metabolisable energy (ME) and crude protein (CP) contents. The high seasonality adjustments to milk price in mid-late season make supplementation potentially worthwhile.Experiments were carried out from April to September in 1988 and 1989, which had moderate and very low rainfall respectively. Each year 20 British Friesian cows which calved December to March (1988 experiment) and February-April (1989) were allocated at random to either treatment B or C. In B, the cows were offered a 1:1 mixture (DM basis) of brewers grains and NaOH treated chopped barley straw for 60 minutes after morning milking. In C, the cows received no supplement. Both groups were fed 1.0 kg/day of concentrates in the milking parlour. Due to the severe drought in 1989, concentrate feeding was increased to 5.0 kg/day for all cows during the last 4 weeks of the experiment. Also, urea-treated whole crop wheat was fed at a level of 2.5 kg DM/day during the last 7 days.

scholarly journals Supplementation with Partially Hydrogenated Oil in Grazing Dairy Cows in Early Lactation

2002 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 580-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.F. Schroeder ◽  
G.A. Gagliostro ◽  
D. Becu-Villalobos ◽  
I. Lacau-Mengido
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Early Lactation ◽  
Hydrogenated Oil ◽  
Grazing Dairy Cows ◽  
Partially Hydrogenated Oil
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