Twenty Holstein-Friesian cows, two to four months postpartum, were randomly assigned to two groups. The control group received no monensin, whereas the treatment group received 300 mg monensin per cow per day. Cows grazed kikuyu pasture and received maize-based concentrates…
At two months of age, 48 Holstein-Friesland heifers were randomly allocated to four treatments comprising untreated wheat straw (WS), oven-ammoniated wheat straw (AWS), lucerne hay (LH) or oat hay (OH). Least cost nutrient balanced complete diets were formulated for heifers…
Estimation of 300-day lactation yields of milk, fat, protein and lactose from combined morning and afternoon milk samples collected at five-weekly intervals is time-consuming, and proportional bulking of morning and evening samples is not always done correctly by farmers. This…
