Tropical dairy farming : feeding management for small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics / John Moran.

ISBN:

9780643093133

Title:

Author:

Moran, John, 1945-

Personal Author:

Moran, John, 1945-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Introduction -- Tropical dairy systems -- Small holder dairying -- What is in feeds? -- How the rumen works -- Nutrient requirements of dairy cows -- How feed requirements change during lactation -- Growing quality forages -- Making quality silage -- Supplements for milking cows -- Milk responses to supplements -- Formulating a diet -- Problems with unbalanced diets -- Diet and milk production -- Nutrition and fertility -- Nutrition and young stock -- Economics of feeding dairy cows -- Body condition scoring -- Overcoming environmental constraints to cow performance -- Future developments in feeding management in the humid topics.

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Subject Term:

Dairy farming -- Southeast Asia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dairy farms -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Dairy cattle -- Feeding and feeds -- Southeast Asia.

Feeds -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Farms, Small -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Dairy farming -- Tropics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dairy farms -- Tropics -- Management.

Dairy cattle -- Feeding and feeds -- Tropics.

Feeds -- Tropics -- Management.

Farms, Small -- Tropics -- Management.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2005

Publication Information:

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636.21420959 22	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Tropical Dairy Farming is a manual designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock. It shows how to provide dairy cows with cost-effective feeds that match small holder farming systems and discusses the major obstacles to improving feeding management in the humid tropics.

The author shows the benefits and drawbacks of various feed components and the calculation of balanced diets based mainly on forages combined with some supplementary feeding. Diseases and problems associated with unbalanced diets are also covered, as well as important information on growing and conserving quality forages as silage.

The book draws on examples from a variety of countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, East Timor and the Philippines.