Tropical dairy farming
Subtitle: feeding management for small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics
By: John Moran
Publisher: Land Links
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Collingwood, VIC, Australia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780643093133
Subjects: Small Farms; Management; Dairy farms; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Dairy farming; Handbooks, manuals; Animal Husbandry; Feeding and feeds; Dairy cattle; Agriculture; Feeds
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index.

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