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GOOD QUALITY FORAGE [3 records]

Record 1 2021-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forage Crops
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

... good quality forage contains both rumen degradable protein and undergradable protein-cows fed good quality forage and producing up to 30 L/d [litres per day] are unlikely to need supplementary undegradable dietary protein...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
CONT

Un fourrage de bonne qualité contient plus de 0,58 kg de TDN [total des nutriments digestibles] par kg de MS [matière sèche] et a une teneur élevée en protéines qui permet une production laitière atteignant 10 kg par jour.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

An economically important African cereal grass(Eragrostis abyssinica) used for its grain which yields a white flour of good quality and as a forage and hay crop.

OBS

Terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Nom du poa d'abyssinie (Eragrostis abyssinica), céréale cultivée vers 2 000 m d'altitude en Éthiopie pour la préparation d'un pain agréable et acidulé.

OBS

Termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 3 2004-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

Only with a 1 : 3 grain-to-milk ratio did good quality pasture provide adequate pasture intake at 80 pounds of milk.... Holsteins producing more than 60 pounds of milk with good quality pasture should be supplemented with 1 pound of grain per 4 pounds of milk, with the amount of concentrate varied with milk production and body condition. Generally, 12 pounds to 20 pounds of concentrate are fed to cows when pasture is their sole forage source.

CONT

Grain was individually fed, at approximately a 1:3 grain to milk ratio, before a.m. and p.m milkings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)

Spanish

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