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research article

Pelleted hay mixture enables dairy cattle to give more milk with less butterfat

authors

Robert D. Appleman, University of California, Davis.
Donald G. Addis, Riverside County, University of California.

publication information

California Agriculture 14(9):12-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v014n09p12. September 1960.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Dairy cows receiving an all-pellet ration produced slightly more milk but with significantly lower butterfat than did cows eating similar amounts of long hay and concentrates. Butterfat tests were reduced by 0.1% to 0.3%.

author affiliations

Robert D. Appleman is Extension Dairyman, University of California, Davis. Donald G. Addis is Farm Advisor, Riverside County, University of California.

author notes

M. Ronning, University of California, Davis, and Lee Davis, LaSierra College, LaSierra, California, assisted in the feeding trial.


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