| 摘要 |
A method for feeding a ruminant animal a feed ration for enhancing its milk production stability across a multiple-stage lactation cycle is provided according to the invention. The feed ration should contain: at least one primary forge source selected from the group consisting of brown midrib corn silage, dual-purpose corn silage, leafy corn silage, and grass silage; a secondary forage source selected from the group consisting of dual-purpose corn silage, alfalfa haylage, alfalfa dry hay, grass silage, and alfalfa/grass mix; a corn grain blend of opaque/floury and vitreous/hard endosperm starch grain into which normal dent corn or mutt corn may be blended in order to achieve a predetermined level of in vitro starch digestibility; such blended grain component being further processed to produce a specific particle size of the blended starch. A feed ration prepared in accordance with this method optimizes the ruminal environment inside the cow that consumes the feed ration for producing the enhanced milk production stability. |
