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The effect of metabolism protein supply on milk nitrogen Capture in dairy cows.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

R.J. Mansbridge ,
J.S. Blake ,
J.R. Newbold  and
B.R. Cottherill
R.J. Mansbridge
Affiliation:
ADAS Bridgets, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, S021 1AP
J.S. Blake
Affiliation:
ADAS Bridgets, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, S021 1AP
J.R. Newbold
Affiliation:
BOCM Pauls, PO Box 39, 47 Key Street, Ipswich IP4 1BX
B.R. Cottherill
Affiliation:
ADAS Wolverhampton, Woodthorne, Wolverhampton WV6 8TQ
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Extract

There is increasing government and consumer pressure on agriculture to reduce nitrogen pollution of the environment and EC legislation is now in place to reduce nitrate levels in drinking water. Dairy cows excrete large amounts of nitrogen and use of the Metabolisable Protein (MP) system (AFRC, 1992) which defines the dietary nitrogen characteristics and animal requirements, may reduce environmental pollution by increasing the efficiency of nitrogen capture.

Type
Ruminant Nutrition and Digestion
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 112
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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Agricultural and Food Research Council. 1992. Technical Committee on Response to Nutrients. No.9. Nutritive requirements of ruminant animals. Protein. Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews (Series B) 62: 787–835.Google Scholar
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