Effect of Total Mixed Rations Versus Traditional Feeding of Concentrate and Roughage Rations on Dairy Cattle Performance in Sudan | ||
| Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Volume 31, Issue 2, December 2023, Pages 223-230 PDF (176.55 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2023.226641.1531 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mahgoub Elhag* 1; Bedria Mohammed1; Mohmed Sayed1; Mohmed Abdulla2; Mayser Abdulla2; Yassin Abakar2 | ||
| 1Alzaem Alazhari University,Khartoum-North ,Sudan | ||
| 2Alzaem Alazhari University, Khartoum-North, Sudan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Dairy cattle in Sudan are traditionally fed on separate concentrate and roughage diets. Because of the high cost of forages, feeding strategies should be attempted to reduce feeding costs. A traditional dairy ration (As-fed), composed of 49% sorghum grains (SG), 29.4% groundnut seed cake (GSC), 19.6% wheat bran (WB), 1% limestone (LS) and 1% salt (NaCl), was used as a control. The test ration was a total mixed ration (TMR) composed of 40% SG, 23% groundnut seed hulls (GSH), 20% GSC, 15% WB, 1% LS and 1 % NaCl. The control traditional ration was fed at 10 Kg/cow/day together with 7 Kg sorghum chaff. Two levels of TMR were used with alfalfa hay (AH); (17 Kg TMR + 1 Kg AH/cow/day and 15 Kg TMR + 2 Kg AH. Three cross-bred dairy cows (European x Local) were used with the feeding regimes in a 3x3 Latin square design. Cows consumed similar amounts of DM, CP and ME and produced similar quantities of milk (P > 0.05). TMR had no effects (P > 0.05) on the composition of milk. The cost for TMR was decreased by 19%.TMR was thus effective in reducing feeding costs without affecting milk production and composition. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Traditional feeding; TMR; Concentrate rations; Roughage; Dairy cattle; Milk yield; Milk composition | ||
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