Publication Date
1997
Description
Three groups of dairy cattle were compared under different grazing managements viz. strip-grazed on pure ruzi grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis), strip-grazed on mixed pasture between ruzi and leucaena (Luecaena luecocephala) and strip-grazed on pure ruzi and supplemented with lablab (Lablab purpureus). The results showed that the animals that received the legumes through supplementary or mixed with the grass produced higher in daily milk yield (13.63 and 13.26 kg/cow) and fat percentage (4.7 and 4.5) than that of the pure grass alone (12.00 kg/cow for milk yield and 4.2 % for fat). This advantage was due to the greater crude protein levels compared with that of pure grass alone. It is concluded that growing tree legumes with grass or sowing of pure herbaceous legumes can be recommended as dairy cattle pasture in Thailand.
Citation
Tudsri, S; Prasanpanich, S; and Swasdiphanich, S, "Milk Production from Ruzi Grass Alone, Ruzi Mixed with Leucaena and Ruzi Supplemented with Dolichos lablab" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session29/2
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Milk Production from Ruzi Grass Alone, Ruzi Mixed with Leucaena and Ruzi Supplemented with Dolichos lablab
Three groups of dairy cattle were compared under different grazing managements viz. strip-grazed on pure ruzi grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis), strip-grazed on mixed pasture between ruzi and leucaena (Luecaena luecocephala) and strip-grazed on pure ruzi and supplemented with lablab (Lablab purpureus). The results showed that the animals that received the legumes through supplementary or mixed with the grass produced higher in daily milk yield (13.63 and 13.26 kg/cow) and fat percentage (4.7 and 4.5) than that of the pure grass alone (12.00 kg/cow for milk yield and 4.2 % for fat). This advantage was due to the greater crude protein levels compared with that of pure grass alone. It is concluded that growing tree legumes with grass or sowing of pure herbaceous legumes can be recommended as dairy cattle pasture in Thailand.
