A farmer may have questions like when is she or he required to give dairy meal to a lactating animal? At milking time or hours before and in what quantities?<\/p>\n
Experiments to determine the effect of feeding before milking (FBM); feeding during milking (FDM) or feeding after milking (FAM) have been carried out by many researchers.<\/p>\n
The results indicate that FDM does not only lead to higher milk production but also better quality due to higher yields of protein and lactose.<\/p>\n
The research findings are attributed to secretion of the pituitary hormones oxytocin and prolactin, and the gastrointestinal hormone somatostatin when animals feed during milking.<\/p>\n
Prolactin is a hormone for lactation while oxytocin is for milk let-down. FDM is therefore a good agricultural practice.<\/p>\n
The amount of concentrate given to a cow depends on its potential milk production.
\nFor a cow that produces seven litres of milk per day, no concentrate supplementation is required but for every 1.5 litre increase in milk from seven litres, add one litre of concentrate.<\/p>\n
To know the potential milk production of a cow, change the feeds by gradually adding more concentrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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