Introduction of Complete Ration Silage to Substitute the Conventional Ration at Traditional Dairy Farms in Lembang

Using Distillers Grains in the Dairy Ration

The feeding of distillers grains to dairy cattle is nothing new; such products have been fed cattle for more than a century. The research article by Loosli et al. (1952) referenced an 1895 Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin that reported on the feeding of distillers grains to lactating cows. In many respects, one might say that responses to feeding distillers grains today should b...

Ration Balancing : New Advances in Dairy Research

As advances in dairy cattle nutrition research are now becoming available to the dairy industry, it is sometimes difficult to understand how these differ ent advances and improvements in our understanding of dairy nutrition with the different approaches taken by different companies and their associated “jargon”. This brochure is meant as a general overview of the different ration balancing syst...

Formulation of Least-Cost Dairy Ration for Small-Scale Dairy Farms Using ‘Solver Add-Ins’ in Microsoft Excel

Small-scale dairy farming in Bangladesh is constrained mostly due to acute shortage, high price and seasonal fluctuation of energy and protein supplements. Poor economic conditions of dairy farmers do not allow them to purchase adequate conventional energy and protein supplements. Locally available non-conventional energy and protein sources can be used as alternatives, cheaper than conventiona...

Cassava Root Meal as Substitute for Maize in Layers Ration

The effect of replacing maize with graded levels of cassava root meal (CRM) as energy source in the diet of laying hens was evaluated during the eight weeks of feeding experiment on performance and cost benefits on layers. Forty-five Nera black laying hens of 24 weeks of age were allocated to five dietary treatments, with nine birds per treatment in a completely randomized design. CRM was used ...

Phosphorus Requirements in the Ration of Growing Pigs Phosphorus Requirements in the Ration of Growing Pigs