Tropical Dairy Farming

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This manual is designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in Southeast 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. The author shows the benefits and drawbacks of various feed component and the calculation of balanced diets based mainly on forages combined with some supplementary feeding. Diseases and problems associated with unbalanced diets are also covered, as well as important information on growing and conserving quality forages as silage. The book draws on examples from a variety of countries including Indonesia. Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, East Timor and the Philippines.
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Tropical dairy farming: feeding management for small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics
John Moran
Edition: illustrated
CSIRO Publishing, 2005
ISBN 0643091238, 9780643091238
295 pgs

Pdf format, 5MB.

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