Dairy cow nutritional experts have thrown out the theory that
feeding cows straw is necessary for good rumen function and to regulate the
rumen’s pH, as ‘completely false’. Speaking at a
DairyNZ run seminar in
Temuka, New Zealand, were Dr Jim Gibbs of
Lincoln University, DairyNZ animal science principal scientist Dr John Roche and Dr Terry Hughes from
Synlait.
According to Dr Gibbs
feeding a
cow straw was required for good rumen function and to regulate the
rumen’s pH is “completely false” and “a total waste of time and money”. Gibbs went on to say that the
rumen’s pH of grass based pastures was fine.
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