Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis
Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis
Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis
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Material and Methods<br />
48 cows (selected to represent a typical herd<br />
distributi<strong>on</strong>)<br />
• Parity = 2.3±1.1<br />
• Days-in-lactati<strong>on</strong> = 138 ±52<br />
• Body weight = 592 ±63kg<br />
Blocked by parity and DIM and assigned to<br />
either a C<strong>on</strong>trol or a Treatment (TRT) group;<br />
C<strong>on</strong>trol: TMR adjusted <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>age DM changes<br />
daily using an exp<strong>on</strong>ential moving average<br />
Treatment: Forage DM changed <strong>on</strong>e day per<br />
experimental week<br />
Getting More from Forages – July 29-30, 2009
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