Enhanced milk production effienciency in dairy cows
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsWilliam P. WEISS, Karl NESTOR
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Abstract
A method of enhancing milk production efficiency in dairy cattle that comprises feeding the dairy cattle with a feed ration comprising a corn silage made from a brown midrib/floury-2 corn hybrid. Upon being fed to dairy cows, a feed ration comprising brown midrib/floury-2 corn silage provides at least about 4% higher in the amount of milk produced per unit of the feed intake, compared to a feed ration comprising non-brown midrib corn silage.
Claims20
A method of enhancing milk production efficiency in dairy cattle, the method comprising:
- preparing a feed ration comprising a corn silage made from a brown midrib/floury-2 corn hybrid;
- and
- feeding the dairy cattle with the feed ration to provide an increased amount of milk produced per one unit of the feed ration consumed by the dairy cattle.
A feed ration comprising, on dry matter basis:
- from about 40% to about 60% of bm/fl2 corn silage;
- from about 5% to about 15% of alfalfa silage;
- and
- from about 5% to about 15% of ground corn gain,
- wherein upon being fed to a dairy cattle, the feed ration provides an increased amount of milk produced per one unit of the feed ration consumed by the dairy cattle.
Corn silage produced from a brown midrib/floury-2 corn FBDAS1 hybrid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.