Pelleted Alfalfa Hay for Milk Production
Open Access
- 1 August 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Dairy Science Association in Journal of Dairy Science
- Vol. 42 (8), 1373-1376
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(59)90744-1
Abstract
Rations containing pelleted or chopped alfalfa hay were compared when fed with and without concentrates to producing dairy cows. Cows on pelleted hay consumed more dry matter and produced more milk than those receiving chopped hay when no concentrates were fed. Supplementation of chopped hay with about 12% concentrates increased dry matter intake and production to a level comparable to that of pelleted hay rations. Increased dry matter intake and milk production when pelleted hay was supplemented at a similar rate were not significant. The butterfat percentage of milk was unaffected by either of the pelleted hay rations.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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