Sugarcane bagasse as exclusive roughage for dairy cows in smallholder livestock system

Objective The study aimed to evaluate sugarcane bagasse as roughage in lactating cow on feed intake, digestibility, ingestive behavior, milk production and composition, and microbial protein synthesis. Methods Ten Girolando cows at initial body weight of 450±25.6 kg and at 143.7±30.7 days in milk we...

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Main Authors: Gleidiana Amélia Pontes de Almeida, Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira, Janaina de Lima Silva, Juana Catarina Cariri Chagas, Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras, Leonardo José Assis de Barros, Gledson Luiz Pontes de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2018-03-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-31-3-379.pdf