Factors Influencing Consumption Speed of Forages Given in Two Portions in Primiparous Dairy Cows

Authors

  • Silvia Erina Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Ludovic Toma Cziszter Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Stelian Acatincai Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Simona Baul Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Iulian Tripon Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Gabriel Răducan Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Genoveva Buzamăt Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România
  • Radu Neamţ Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Timişoara, 300645-Timişoara, C. Aradului Nr. 119, România

Keywords:

consumption speed, nutritional behavior, primiparous cows, Romanian Black and White Cows

Abstract

The study was carried out on 6 Romanian Black and White cows in their first one hundred days of lactation. The aim was to assess the consumption speed (g/min), as well as the required time for consumption of 1 kg of raw forage for  alfalfa-hay, herbs silage, beet and concentrates), administered in two  portions (P1, P2,) per day, in 2 equal feedings (F1, F2) per portion. The administration order of forages (fibrous-succulents and succulents-fibrous), the number of feedings and the average consumption speed among the two portions were the experimental variants. Data was computed by ANOVA/MANOVA. The average consumption speed determined was 198.5 g/min for concentrates, 48.28 g/min for alfalfa hay, 203.19 g/min for silage and 235.32 g/min for beets. The required time for 1 kg of raw forage consumption (minutes and seconds) was 5.02 for concentrates, 20.43 for alfalfa hay, 4.35 for herbs silage and 4.15 for beets.

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Published

2023-09-05

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Vol. 47 No. 2 (2014): Scientific Papers: Animal Science and Biotechnologies

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Technologies Applied in Animal Husbandry

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