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Evaluating total mixed rations
American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings, 2015Creating a well-balanced and properly mixed feed ration is essential to dairy cow productivity and health. The dairy's feeding manager should have two objectives: 1) to have the nutrient composition of the ration consumed by the cows the same as the one for the nutritionist’s ration on paper, and 2) for the nutrient profile of the freshly delivered ...
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Assessing Uniformity of Total Mixed Rations
Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 2014Abstract. Whole shelled corn, black beans, white beans, and fuzzy whole cotton seed were used as tracers in blended total mixed rations to assess uniformity. Tracers were placed in varied locations of two mixers, but under the conditions of these experiments, tracer placement did not affect the coefficient of variation (CV; the uniformity ...
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Feeding value of total mixed ration silage with spent mushroom substrate
Animal Science Journal, 2010ABSTRACTSix wethers were used in a digestibility experiment arranged as replicated 3 × 3 Latin square to evaluate the nutritive value of total mixed ration (TMR) silages that were made from ensiling of TMR containing 0, 6.5 and 13.0% (dry matter basis) of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) for 45 days (treatments denoted as CSMS, LSMS and HSMS ...
Chuncheng, Xu +3 more
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351 Mycotoxin Trends in US Total Mixed Rations and Corn Silage
Journal of Animal Science, 2022Abstract Mycotoxins are secondary fungal metabolites identified in a variety of feed ingredients and may affect animal health and productivity. This study investigated occurrence and contamination levels of mycotoxins in 2022 US total mixed ration (TMR) and 2021 corn silage samples.
Erin F Schwandt +4 more
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Formulation of total mixed ration (TMR) for commercial dairy farms
Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2020The Total Mixed Ration (TMR) is an effective and profitable way to supply all the required nutrients uniformly in each bite of the dairy animal to optimize farm inputs for a desired level of milk production. The TMR makes it easy to set realistic goals for sustainable milk production from healthy, productive and fertile dairy cows by meeting their ...
Md. Emran Hossain +6 more
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Pelleted total mixed ration improves growth performance of fattening lambs
Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2018Abstract Twenty-four fattening lambs were randomly assigned to two groups (completely randomized design) to assess effects of feeding a pelleted total mixed ration (PTMR) on growth performance and rumen fermentation characteristic of lambs. Dietary treatments were PTMR and unpelleted total mixed ration (UPTMR).
R.Z. Zhong +5 more
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Controlling aerobic stability of grass silage-based total mixed rations
Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2013Abstract Vigorous growth of aerobic microbes in feed, resulting in heating of total mixed rations (TMRs) and reduced feed quality, is a relatively common problem for ruminant livestock production. Two experiments were carried out to examine the role of hygienic quality of raw materials and propionic and formic acid-based preservatives on the aerobic ...
Seppälä, Arja +4 more
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Enhancing dryland sheep productivity with densified crop residue total mixed rations
Indian Journal of Dryland Agricultural Research and Development, 2023AbstractTo determine the feeding effect of densified total mixed ration (TMR) in sheep, an experiment was conducted at livestock farm, Hayathnagar Research Farm of ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, India. A total of 18 Nellore growing male sheep of 6-8 months age were selected and randomly divided into 3 treatment ...
Prabhat Kumar Pankaj +6 more
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Autonomous System of TMR (Total Mixed Ration) Feed Feeding Robot for Smart Cattle Farm
International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 2023J. Bae +3 more
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Total Mixed Ration for Ruminants
Total Mixed Ration (TMR) has revolutionized dairy farming by providing a comprehensive solution to meet the nutritional needs of dairy cattle and buffaloes. This article examines the principles, preparation methods, advantages, and disadvantages of TMR, emphasizing its significant impact on animal health, productivity, and farm economics.openaire +1 more source