Nutritive value of forage legumes used for grazing and silage – R.J. ...
Nutritive value of forage legumes used for grazing and silage – R.J. ...
Nutritive value of forage legumes used for grazing and silage – R.J. ...
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Concluding remarks<br />
• Legumes usually increase milk or meat<br />
production, whether grazed or fed as <strong>silage</strong><br />
• Main effect through increased intake, linked to<br />
high rumen digestion <strong>and</strong> passage rates<br />
• Other benefits: increased milk PUFA; reduced<br />
methane; cow fertility?<br />
• Hazards: bloat; high urine Nitrogen<br />
• Beneficial traits in other <strong>legumes</strong> (e.g. Lotus) <strong>–</strong><br />
but not well adapted here
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