IMPROVED LACTATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY CATTLE

摘要

This invention provides a feedstock for improving the lactational performanceof dairy cows. An essential feature ofthe feedstock is a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) with a value betweenabout 20-60meq/100g dietary DM. Other essentialfeatures of the feedstock are an atomic ratio of potassium: sodium betweenabout 1-5:1, and a weight ratio of potassium:magnesiumbetween about 3-5:1.