Fresh herbage for dairy cattle : the key to sustainable food chain
Offers contributions of active researchers and leading experts in the field of grassland management and grass utilization. This book follows the food chain, moving from the big picture to basic principles of grassland management and effects on herbage quality, intake and nutrient flows
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht, Netherlands :
Springer ,
c2006
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| Series: | Wageningen UR frontis series
v. 18 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Achieving high dry-matter intake from pasture with grazing dairy cows
- 2. Species-rich swards of the Alps: constraints and opportunities for dairy production
- 3. Cultivar effects of perennial ryegrass on herbage intake by grazing dairy cows
- 4. Nutrient management under grazing
- 5. Grazing systems and feed supplementation
- 6. Grassland management with emphasis on nitrogen flows
- 7. Nitrogen utilization of perennial ryegrass in dairy cows
- 8. Grassland management with emphasis on grazing behaviour
- 9. Improving dry-matter intake of perennial-ryegrass pasture by dairy cows
- 10. Lipids in herbage: their fate in the rumen of dairy cows and implications for milk quality