Effect of feeding fresh forage plantain (Plantago lanceolata) or ryegrass-based pasture on methane emissions, total-tract digestibility, and rumen fermentation of nonlactating dairy cows
M. M. Della Rosa, E. Sandoval, Dan Luo, D. Pacheco, Arjan Jonker
Abstract
yield was lower for cows fed PLT compared with those fed RG in both experiments and this reduction was largely explained by the lesser dry matter digestibility of PLT.
Topics & Concepts
Dry matterLolium perenneRumenAgronomyForageAnimal sciencePasturePlantagoChemistryMethane emissionsRuminantFermentationBiologyPerennial plantMethaneBotanyFood scienceEcologyRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyBioenergy crop production and managementSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics