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

Silvia Erina, Ludovic Cziszter, Stelian Acatincăi, Simona Baul, Iulian Tripon, Gabriel Răducan, Genoveva Buzamăt, Radu Neamţ

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

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