Ugarte, J. and Rabago, R. and Dominguez, G.H. (1975) Direct sowing of forage sorghum in guinea pasture during the dry season. 1. Effects on pasture availability and milk production. Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science, 9 (3). pp. 271-281.
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In trials at Havana in the dry season, 2 groups of crossbred Holstein cows, entered into the experiment after about 6 or 9 weeks of lactation, respectively, were grazed at stocking rates of 4.2 cows/ha on (a) Guinea grass pasture, (b) Guinea grass oversown with forage sorghum or (c) Guinea grass plus a supplement of 0.5 kg concentrate/l milk produced over 5 l. Sorghum was sown between 27 Dec. and Jan. 15 in rows 70 cm apart and at a rate of 15 kg seed/ha. Grazing began at 80-90 days after sowing and 50 mm water was applied every 2 weeks. Daily milk production was highest for (c) (15.0 and 13.3 l/cow for groups 1 and 2, respectively) but did not differ significantly between (a) and (b) (11.8 and 12.2 l/cow, respectively, for group 1 and 10.2 and 10.6 l/cow for group 2). Pasture availability increased by about 33-45% from 3.6 t DM/ha in (a) to 4.8 t/ha for (b) for group 1 and from 3.03 to 4.4 t/ha for group 2. In vitro digestibility of Guinea grass and sorghum was similar
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Instituto de Ciencia Animal, San Jose de las Lajas, Havana, Cuba |
| Subjects: | Animal Husbandary |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2012 06:23 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2012 06:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6957 |
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