The Effect of Feeding Roughages of Varying Digestibility Prepartum on Energy Status and Metabolic Profiles in Beef Cows around Parturition

The Effect of Feeding Roughages of Varying Digestibility Prepartum on Energy Status and Metabolic Profiles in Beef Cows around Parturition

Resource efficient winter-feeding of mature pregnant beef cows requires knowledge of how different roughage-based feeding strategies affect cow intake and energy status. Four diets based on traditional timothy-meadow fescue silage (TM), festulolium silage plus urea (FE), reed canarygrass silage (RC)...

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Main Authors: Mikaela Jardstedt, Elisabet Nadeau, Mette Olaf Nielsen, Peder Nørgaard, Anna Hessle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
beef cow
body condition score
energy status
gestation
metabolic profile
roughage
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/3/496

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