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Publication Date
1993
Location
New Zealand
Description
In a rotational grazing experiment with dairy cows on monocullures of a diploid and 2 tetraploid cultivars of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), at a high herbage allowance the average daily production of fat and protein together was significantly higher on the tetraploids. This was associated with a difference in herbage intake of on average 0.6 kg/cow/day of organic matter and a higher concentration of volatile fatty acids and a lower pH in the rumen.
Citation
Hageman, I W.; Lantinga, E A.; Schlepers, H; and Neuteboom, J H., "Herbage Intake, Digestibility Characteristics and Milk Production of a Diploid and Two Tetraploid Cultivars of Perennial Ryegrass" (1993). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 5.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session12/5)
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Herbage Intake, Digestibility Characteristics and Milk Production of a Diploid and Two Tetraploid Cultivars of Perennial Ryegrass
New Zealand
In a rotational grazing experiment with dairy cows on monocullures of a diploid and 2 tetraploid cultivars of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), at a high herbage allowance the average daily production of fat and protein together was significantly higher on the tetraploids. This was associated with a difference in herbage intake of on average 0.6 kg/cow/day of organic matter and a higher concentration of volatile fatty acids and a lower pH in the rumen.
