Utilization of Local Feed Resources in Dairy Cattle

By: J. van Bruchem (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 July 1996

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There is an urgent need for animal production systems that are more in balance with the ecosystem. With dairy farming, the environmental burden might be alleviated by increasing the proportion of the diet which comes from local feed resources and a more effective re-utilization of nutrients excreted in manure - a strategy that would result in a dairy farming system with less intensive land use, less dependent on external inputs. Developing such a strategy requires as integrated approach. Which feeds can potentially be produced locally? How do we optimize the quality of local feeds in the context of nutrient requirements of the modern - high producing - dairy cow on the one hand, and the environmental impact on the other? Do we have to change the genetic merit of the dairy cow towards a greater feed intake capacity? Will feeding a modern dairy cow at a lower energy level cause reproduction and health problems? How can we deal with the longer term socio-economic aspects? This symposium brought together a multidisciplinary team of scientists to discuss perspectives of environmentally balanced dairy cattle farming systems, in order to identify priorities for future research, recommendations for farm management practices, and advice on governmental policies.

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Preface
Nutrient balances of livestock production systems in the Netherlands	p. 3
Physiological limits of fibrous feed intake and conversion in dairy cows	p. 19
Genetic aspects of feed intake and efficiency in lactating dairy cows	p. 34
Energy balance in early lactation of high producing dairy cows and its relation to reproduction and health	p. 45
Optimization of grassland production and herbage feed quality in an ecological context	p. 58
Economic perspectives of less intensive land use in dairy farming	p. 67
Nutrient flows in Dutch agriculture, with emphasis on pig production	p. 87
Reduction of nitrogen surpluses at dairy farms	p. 90
Fossil energy use at dairy farms	p. 93
Phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen balances of dairy cows at graded levels of concentrate	p. 96
Nitrogen efficiency of grassland-based dairy farming - New perspectives using an integrated approach	p. 99
Effect of fibrous feed quality on feed intake and N metabolism in dwarf goats suffering from parasitic infection (Trypanosoma vivax)	p. 102
Adaptation of rumen fermentation to monensin in sheep fed a high grain diet	p. 105
Voluntary feed intake in immature sheep during and after a period of feed quality restriction	p. 108
Effects of feed quality on portal insulin responses in sheep	p. 111
Effect of an inoculant on fermentation rate and chemical composition of high dry matter grass silages	p. 114
Sheep overcome intake depression from biogenic amines by rumen adaptation	p. 117
Effect of grazing time on dry matter intake, grazing behaviour, rumen fill and rumen clearance rate	p. 119
Modelling rumen digesta kinetics in dairy cows fed grass, maize and alfalfa silages	p. 121
Effect of starch on nutrient digestibility of rations based on early- or late-cut silages	p. 123
Effect of starch supplementation and maturity of grass silage on nutrient fluxes in splanchnic tissue of dairy cows	p. 125
Nitrogen efficiency of dairying in relation to dietary protein content and degradability	p. 128
Genetic aspects of selection for body weight in dairy cattle	p. 131
The effect of sustainability requirements on the economic value of dry matter intake capacity	p. 134
Elements for modelling in vitro digestability of grass on the basis of morphological and physiological plant characteristics	p. 137
Unexploited genetic variation in digestibility of Lolium perenne	p. 139
Cattle production on white clover - perennial ryegrass mixtures	p. 142
Effects of levies on grain substitutes for the Dutch economy	p. 145
Discussion and recommendations	p. 149
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