Effects of forage and grain legume-based silages supplemented with faba bean meal or rapeseed expeller on lactational performance, nitrogen utilization, and plasma amino acids in dairy cows

ABSTRACT: The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effect of forage type [red clover (51%)-grass silage, i.e., RCG; vs. faba bean (66%)-grass silage, i.e., FBG] and concentrate type (faba bean, FB; vs. rapeseed expeller, RE) on lactational performance, milk composition and nitrogen (N...

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Main Authors: S.E. Räisänen, K. Kuoppala, P. Rissanen, A. Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, T. Kokkonen, A. Vanhatalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223002837