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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 71 No. 6 1647-1658
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Comparison of Different Methods of Expressing Dietary Protein for Lactating Dairy Cows1

J. V. Briceno, H. H. Van Horn, B. Harris, Jr. and C. J. Wilcox

Dairy Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611

ABSTRACT

Data were from Holstein cows from 20 experiments at the University of Florida (1688 cow-period observations). Objectives were to compare milk responses to increasing dietary percent or daily intake of CP, estimated undegradable CP, and estimated metabolizable protein from Burroughs and Chalupa equations and to determine if higher producing cows (26.8 kg milk/d) responded differently to increasing dietary protein percent or intake than do lower producing cows (18.9 kg milk/d). The mathematical model included experiment, cow-within-experiment, period, body weight, and source of roughage. Intake of protein (kg/d) had a greater effect (cubic polynomial) on milk yield than protein percent of DM since CP, undegraded protein, Chalupa metabolizable protein, and Burroughs metabolizable protein intakes explained 17.2, 20.9, 23.5, and 24.1% of residual variation in milk yield compared with .6, 2.1, 1.7, and 2.1%, for percents of DM. High producing cows responded more to increasing protein intake than did low producing cows. Respective protein intake variables explained 20.6, 23.7, 30.5, and 31.2% of residual variation in milk yield in high production group compared with 17.2, 23.1, 20.6, and 20.6% in low production group.

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1 Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series Number 8348.






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