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Author Moran, John, 1945-

Title Tropical dairy farming : feeding management for small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics / John Moran
Published Collingwood, VIC, Australia : Land Links, ©2005

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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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index
Notes English
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Subject 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
Dairy farming -- Tropics
Feeds -- Southeast Asia
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Feeds
Dairy cattle -- Feeding and feeds
Dairy farming
Dairy farms -- Management
Farms, Small -- Management
Southeast Asia
Tropics
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0643093133
9780643093133
0643091238
9780643091238
0643091246
9780643091245
9786613154651
6613154652