Kismul, Haldis
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Nord universitet
Sammanfattning
Legislation in Sweden and Norway requires that dairy cattle have outdoor access in summertime. Pasture utilization can be challenging with high yielding cattle and large herd-sizes. Therefore, many farmers choose to offer their cows access to an exercise- and recreation area only, rather than a full production pasture. However, is an exercise paddock as attractive as production pasture for the cow? We compared part-time production and exercise grazing in an automated milking system, with outdoor access in the morning (4.5 h) and the evening (4 h). The production pasture group (P) was offered fresh production pasture daily (≥15 kg dry matter (DM) cow-1) and given a limited silage ration (6 kg DM) night-time. The exercise pasture group (E) was given access to a small exercise paddock (
Nyckelord
dairy cows; automatic milking; grazing; restricted grazing; supplements
Publicerad i
Grassland Science in Europe
2016, nummer: 21, sidor: 137-139
Titel: The multiple roles of grassland in the European bioeconomy. Proceedings of the 26th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation
Utgivare: Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Konferens
26th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation
SLU författare
Eriksson, Torsten
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Spörndly, Eva
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
UKÄ forskningsämne
Husdjursvetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- eISBN: 978-82-17-01677-9
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/80163