Examining the Effects of Whole Crop Wheat Silage on Ewe Performance during Late Gestation Compared to Traditional Grass Silage across Three Prolific Breed Types.

colostrum yield ewe performance late gestation nutrition water intake whole crop wheat silage

Journal

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Sep 2020
Historique:
received: 14 08 2020
revised: 27 08 2020
accepted: 28 08 2020
entrez: 5 9 2020
pubmed: 6 9 2020
medline: 6 9 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Provision of adequate nutrient intake in late gestation of the ewe is an important determinant of dam and offspring performance. A 2 × 3 factorial design experiment examining two forage types, whole crop wheat silage (WCWS) or grass silage (GS) offered to one of three prolific breed types, (Belclare X, Lleyn X, Mule (Bluefaced Leicester × Blackface Mountain)), was conducted. Forage type had no impact on dry matter (DM) or metabolizable energy (ME) intake, body weight and body condition score change, or colostrum production (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32887295
pii: ani10091554
doi: 10.3390/ani10091554
pmc: PMC7552157
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Irish Research Council
ID : EBPPG/2018/236

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Auteurs

Jonathan T Higgins (JT)

School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, 4 D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland.
Germinal Ireland Ltd., Horse and Jockey, Co., E25 D286 Tipperary, Ireland.

Dermot Campion (D)

Germinal Ireland Ltd., Horse and Jockey, Co., E25 D286 Tipperary, Ireland.

Joe Jones (J)

School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, 4 D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland.

Stephen Lott (S)

School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin Lyons Farm, Lyons Estate, Celbridge, Naas, Co., W23 ENY2 Kildare, Ireland.

M Bridget Lynch (MB)

School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, 4 D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland.

Mary McEvoy (M)

Germinal Ireland Ltd., Horse and Jockey, Co., E25 D286 Tipperary, Ireland.

Fiona McGovern (F)

Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Mellows Campus, Athenry, Co., H65 R718 Galway, Ireland.

Tommy M Boland (TM)

School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, 4 D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland.

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