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Daily intake of lactating crossbred cows grazing elephant grass rotationally

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dc.creator Aroeira Luiz Januário Magalhães
dc.creator Lopes Fernando César Ferraz
dc.creator Soares João Paulo Guimarães
dc.creator Deresz Fermino
dc.creator Verneque Rui da Silva
dc.creator Arcuri Pedro Braga
dc.creator Matos Leovegildo Lopes de
dc.date 2001
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-30T03:26:46Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-30T03:26:46Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-30
dc.identifier http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2001000600009
dc.identifier http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=0100204X&date=2001&volume=36&issue=6&spage=911
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/3637
dc.description The goal of this trial was to estimate the total dry matter (TDMI) and daily pasture dry matter intakes (PDMI) by lactating crossbred Holstein - Zebu cows grazing elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) paddocks submitted to different rest periods. Three groups of 24 cows were used during two years. The paddocks were grazed during three days at the stocking rate of 4.5 cows/ha. Treatments consisted of resting periods of 30 days without concentrate and resting periods of 30, 37.5 and 45 days with 2 kg/cow/day of 20.6% crude protein concentrate. From July to October, pasture was supplemented with chopped sugarcane plus 1% urea. Total daily dry matter intake was estimated using the extrusa in vitro dry matter digestibility and the fecal output with chromium oxide. Regardless of the treatment the estimated average TDMI was 2.7, 2.9 and 2.9±0.03% and the mean PDMI was 1.9, 2.1 and 2.1±0.03% of body weight in the first, second and third grazing day, respectively (P<0.05). Only during the summer pasture quality was the same whichever the grazing day. Sugarcane effectively replaced grazing pasture, mainly in the first day when pasture dry matter intake was lowest.
dc.publisher Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
dc.source Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
dc.subject Pennisetum purpureum
dc.subject digestibility
dc.subject extrusion
dc.subject dry matter content
dc.subject feed grasses
dc.title Daily intake of lactating crossbred cows grazing elephant grass rotationally


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