Multi-species pastures for grazing dairy cows in small-scale dairy systems in the highlands of Mexico

Grazing in small-scale dairy systems reduces costs and enhances sustainability. However, binary pastures (BP) have low persistency, which may be increased by including more species given their flexibility to withstand different agroecological and management situations. The objective was to assess a...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2021-12, Vol.53 (1), p.113-113, Article 113
Main Authors: Muciño-Álvarez, Mónica, Albarrán-Portillo, Benito, López-González, Felipe, Arriaga-Jordán, Carlos M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal fat
Animal Feed - analysis
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cattle
Chemical composition
Clover
Cow's milk
Dairy cattle
Dairy farming
Dairying
Diet - veterinary
Dry season
Female
Grazing
Highlands
Lactation
Life Sciences
Lolium perenne
Mexico
Milk
Pasture
Pastures
Red clover
Regular Articles
Seasons
Species
Sustainability
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
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Summary:Grazing in small-scale dairy systems reduces costs and enhances sustainability. However, binary pastures (BP) have low persistency, which may be increased by including more species given their flexibility to withstand different agroecological and management situations. The objective was to assess a multi-species (MS) pasture of perennial ryegrass (RG), tall fescue (TF), bromegrass (BG), red clover (RC) and white clover (WC) in comparison to a BP of perennial ryegrass (RG) – WC grazed by six Holstein dairy cows during the dry season in an on-farm double cross-over experiment, with three 14-day each experimental periods for animal variables, and a split-plot design for pasture variables at 3 cow/ha. There were differences ( P  
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-021-02564-y