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Production response of lactating dairy cows fed increasing amounts of ground rapeseed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

C.K. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
R. H. Phipps
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
A. K. Jones
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
B. Lupoli
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
D.E. Beever
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
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Fat is often fed to lactating dairy cows to provide supplemental metabolizable energy and increase milk yield. Commercial fat sources are typically processed to render them more inert in the rumen, but whole oil seeds also represent an effective fat source for lactation rations. In a previous study (Reynolds et al., 1998), we fed lactating dairy cows a commercial rumen-inert fat, cotton seed or crushed rapeseed at 25 g added fat/kg ration DM in a grass silage-based total mixed ration (TMR). All 3 fat supplements increased milk yield to a similar extent, whilst the commercial fat source, but not the whole oil seeds, reduced milk protein concentration. As a UK grown source of supplemental fat and protein, crushed rapeseed offers an attractive alternative to commercial fat supplements for dairy rations. Therefore, our objective was to determine the incremental effects of supplemental ground rapeseed on intake and milk production response of dairy cows fed rations containing maize silage.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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Reynolds, C. K., Phipps, R. H., Jones, A. K. and Beever, D. E. 1998. Milk production response of lactating dairy cows to dietary fat from 3 sources. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p. 223.CrossRefGoogle Scholar