Abstract:
The natural hay represents a basic fodder in dairy cows feeding both
in winter and grazing time. In this study we focused on the dynamics of the
basic indexes of nutritive and energetic value of natural hay used in dairy
cows diet from some small farms, from Mirosloveşti village. The natural hay
samples were collected from the dairy farms which participated in a dairy
cows feeding improvement programme financed by World Bank. There was a
variability of raw chemical composition of natural hay samples. The protein
content varied between 8.30- 14.31% CP, the highest value belonging to the
natural hay from Siminciuc Liviu farm. The fibre content varied between
26.01- 28.47% CF, the highest values were recorded by the on natural hay
from Neofet Elena and Vezeteu Carmen farms. Thus, crude chemical content
influenced the energetic and proteic values of the analysed samples