General Nutrition Flashcards
Haylage
Dry and wrapped
Silage
Wet and wrapped
Hay
Dry
Common feed stuffs
Grass, legumes, cereals, maize, roots/tubers/ brassicas
Grass
Ryegrass and timothy
Legumes
Clover, alfalfa, peas, beans
Cereal
Barley, wheat, oats
Roots and tubers
Sugar beet, fodder beet, potatoes
Brassicas
Kale, cabbages, rape
DM
Dry Matter Content
Grass
Fresh Grass
Forage Crops
Conserved Grass -> Hay, Silage, Haylage
DM Hay
90%
DM Silage
30%
DM Haylage
50%
What are cereals used for
Rumen fill. Not nutritious enough to feed on their own
Types of Straw
The stalk of wheat, barley, oat, and legume
Nutrition of straw types
They are a poor source of nutrition so they need to be supplemented
Cereal grains and by-products
Barley, wheat, and oats
By-products, fresh or clamped
Brewing industry, distilling industry, dried brewer’s yeast/bran
Brewing Industry
Brewers grains and spent hops