Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
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Content<br />
Project Objectives iii<br />
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used iv<br />
Executive Summary v<br />
Achievements attained for each component and activity of the Tropileche Consortium, 1996-2000 ix<br />
Final Report of the Tropileche Consortium: <strong>Feeding</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Legumes</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Intensify</strong> <strong>Dairy</strong><br />
<strong>Farms</strong> (A project executed by the Tropileche Consortium) 1<br />
Introduction 1<br />
Research Results 3<br />
Component 1: Optimizing Forage Use 3<br />
Activity 1.1. Controlled feeding and grazing trials <strong>to</strong> determine the relationships between<br />
milk production and forage resources<br />
Evaluation of Brachiaria decumbens alone and associated <strong>with</strong> Arachis pin<strong>to</strong>i on milk production<br />
3<br />
and milk components<br />
Rice yield (Oriza sativa) as an indica<strong>to</strong>r of soil fertility <strong>with</strong> the incorporation of Stylosanthes<br />
4<br />
guianensis stubble in Pucallpa, Peru 12<br />
Activity 1.2. Use of forage resources and supplementation of cows during the dry<br />
season 14<br />
Evaluation of milk production systems using Cratylia argentea 15<br />
In vivo studies on the complementarity between forage basal diets and legume supplements<br />
Effects of feeding fresh and ensiled Cratylia argentea during the dry season on milk production<br />
18<br />
and milk components<br />
Evaluation of Cratylia argentea as substitute of chicken manure in diets for cows grazing<br />
21<br />
Hyparrhenia rufa pastures 27<br />
Use of additives for making Cratylia argentea silage<br />
Planting maize in association <strong>with</strong> forage soybean for silage production on the Pacific coast of<br />
32<br />
Costa Rica: 1. Economic effect of partial sale of tender corn harvest<br />
Planting maize in association <strong>with</strong> forage soybean for silage production on the Pacific coast of<br />
36<br />
Costa Rica: 2. Several indica<strong>to</strong>rs of silage quality 40<br />
Activity 1.3. Functional relationships among forage resources of contrasting quality,<br />
rumen fermentation, and blood parameters<br />
Defining milk urea nitrogen concentrations for optimum recommendations of protein:energy<br />
45<br />
ratios in tropical forage diets 46<br />
Research Results 48<br />
Component 2. Developing New <strong>Feeding</strong> Alternatives for Dual-Purpose Cattle 48<br />
xi<br />
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