Effect of Feeding of Whole Crop Rice Silage on Milk Production, Rumen Fermentation, Blood Metabolites and Feeding Behavior of Lactating Cows

• TAKAHASHI Tsuyoshi

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• MAEHARA Manami

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• ZHANG Yanli

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• MOTOBAYASHI Takashi

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• ISHII Yasuhiro

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• KANDA Shuhei

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

• ITABASHI Hisao

  United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 稲発酵粗飼料の給与が乳牛の乳生産，ルーメン発酵，血液性状および採食行動に及ぼす影響
• イネ ハッコウ ソシリョウ ノ キュウヨ ガ ニュウギュウ ノ ニュウセイサン ルーメン ハッコウ ケツエキ セイジョウ オヨビ サイショク コウドウ ニ オヨボス エイキョウ

Abstract

The effect of feeding of whole crop rice silage (RWCS) on milk production, rumen fermentation, blood metabolites and feeding behavior of lactating cows was measured using eight Holstein lactating dairy cows in a switch-back trial. The cows were divided into two groups and fed a diet containing 34% RWCS or Sudangrass hay (SH), 19% alfalfa haycube and 47% concentrate mixture, respectively (as DM basis). The rice breed used for RWCS in this trial was Kusahonami, harvested at the mature stage. There were no differences in DMI, milk yield, and milk composition between the RWCS diet and the SH diet. Although the total volatile fatty acid concentration and protozoal number in the rumen fluid were not different between the two diets, the molar percentage of propionic acid was significantly decreased by the RWCS diet at 2 and 5h after feeding (P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively). The ruminal ammonia-N of cows fed the RWCS diet was significantly higher at 0, 2 and 5h after feeding than that of cows fed the SH diet (P<0.01, P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively), and the ruminal free amino acids also tended to increase in the RWCS diet. The blood plasma glucose was similar in both treatments, but the urea-N in cows receiving the RWCS diet was significantly higher at 2 h after feeding (P<0.05). The total and essential free amino acids in blood plasma were significantly lower in cows fed the RWCS diet (P<0.05). The eating time, rumination time, and chewing time were not different between both diets. These results showed that RWCS could be well utilized as basic forage for lactating dairy cows, while further investigation might be necessary to improve the low digestibility of grains.

Journal

• Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho

  Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho 78 (1), 45-55, 2007

  Japanese Society of Animal Science

Keywords

• feeding behavior
• lactating cows
• milk production
• rumen fermentation
• whole crop rice silage

Details

• CRID: 1390282680169432704
• NII Article ID: 10025839610
• NII Book ID: AN00195188
• DOI: 10.2508/chikusan.78.45
• ISSN: 18808255
• ISSN: 00215309
• ISSN: 1346907X
• NDL BIB ID: 8725911
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8725911
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2007203674
• Text Lang: ja
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