Nutrition for Dairy Cattle
Good nutrition is essential for health, fertility and milking performance in the dairy herd. The nutritional requirements of dairy cows varies greatly depending on breed, genetics, stage of lactation and whether they are lactating or dry. Regular forage analysis and making sure the ration is balance to meet requirements at different stages of the production cycle is important to maximise performance, support fertility and minimise metabolic diseases. Body condition scoring is a useful management tool to assess whether nutritional demands are being met and information on this and other aspects of nutrition and feeding management can be found in the following pages.
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Vitamin E for Dry Cows – Are You Feeding Enough?
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Practical Assessment of Nutrition in the Milking Herd
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Nutritional Guidance for the Milking Herd
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Cattle Mineral Supplementation
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Outwintering Heifers on Brassicas, Is Iodine Deficiency an Issue?
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Dry Cow Nutrition for a Successful Transition into the Milking Herd
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Dry Cow Nutrition for a Successful Transition into the Milking Herd- Video
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Spring is around the corner, are you ready for turnout?
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Missing out on milk payments?
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Concentrate use per litre
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Feed budgeting
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Soyabean meal under the spotlight
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Feed sorting in a dairy ration
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Subacute ruminal acidosis in the dairy herd
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Storing potatoes with draff/brewers grains
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Using potatoes for cattle
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Copper:know your limits
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Body condition scoring
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TN733 Forage crops for livestock
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TN588: Condition Scoring on the Modern Dairy Cow
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TN587: Managing Body Condition Scoring in Dairy Cow
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Feeding to Yield – Making Sure it is Accurate
Read more
https://dairy.ahdb.org.uk/resources-library/technical-information/feeding/#.XsPOrWhKg2x
https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/animals/dairy/FeedingDiaryCow.pdf
https://dairy-cattle.extension.org/dairy-cattle-nutrition-of-milking-and-dry-dairy-cows/
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