An edition of Tropical dairy farming
(2005)
Tropical dairy farming
feeding management for small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics
by John Moran
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Tropical Dairy Farming is a manual designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock. It shows how to provide dairy cows with cost-effective feeds that match small holder farming systems and discusses the major obstacles to improving feeding management in the humid tropics.
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Tropical dairy farming: feeding management for small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics
2005, Land Links
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0643093133 9780643093133
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Tropical dairy systems
Small holder dairying
What is in feeds?
How the rumen works
Nutrient requirements of dairy cows
How feed requirements change during lactation
Growing quality forages
Making quality silage
Supplements for milking cows
Milk responses to supplements
Formulating a diet
Problems with unbalanced diets
Diet and milk production
Nutrition and fertility
Nutrition and young stock
Economics of feeding dairy cows
Body condition scoring
Overcoming environmental constraints to cow performance
Future developments in feeding management in the humid topics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index.
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