Forages from intensively managed and semi-natural grasslands in the diet of dairy cows

Keywords : Intensively managed grass, semi-natural grasslands, forage species, dairy cows, in vivo digestibility, feed degradation, energy metabolism, milk production, ruminant nutrition, rumen fermentation, rumen kinetics, voluntary intake, feed evaluation This thesis focuses on the nutritional value of grass from intensively managed as well as semi-natural grasslands in diets fed to dairy cows. Aims were to explain why performance of dairy cows, fed intensively managed grass, is lower than expected based on their calculated energy intake, and to obtain knowledge on the nutritional value of f... Mehr ...