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Publication Date
1997
Location
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Description
In preference tests using pairs of turves in boxes (treated and control), dairy cows were more averse to surface spread than shallow injected slurry and more averse to slurry than dirty water. Effects of slurry persisted for up to 6 weeks, with fewer bites and less herbage removed from treated swards compared to control swards. Aversion to slurry may be decreased by injection. Effects of dirty water persisted for only 14 days.
Citation
Danby, S; Laws, J A.; Penning, P D.; Pain, B F.; and Owen, E, "The Effect of Slurry and Dirty Water Application to Swards on Grazing Behaviour in Dairy Cows" (1997). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 69.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session29/69)
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The Effect of Slurry and Dirty Water Application to Swards on Grazing Behaviour in Dairy Cows
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
In preference tests using pairs of turves in boxes (treated and control), dairy cows were more averse to surface spread than shallow injected slurry and more averse to slurry than dirty water. Effects of slurry persisted for up to 6 weeks, with fewer bites and less herbage removed from treated swards compared to control swards. Aversion to slurry may be decreased by injection. Effects of dirty water persisted for only 14 days.
