Articles | Volume 62, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-62-517-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-62-517-2019
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15 Aug 2019
Original study |  | 15 Aug 2019

Cows fed hydroponic fodder and conventional diet: effects on milk quality

Alan Agius, Grazia Pastorelli, and Everaldo Attard

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The research was carried out on cows fed with a conventional or green fodder diet in order to determine the physicochemical characteristics and mineral content in milk. The data show similar results except for the fat content, which is higher in milk coming from cows fed with hydroponic barley. Minerals were in the range reported elsewhere. The hydroponic fodder system seems to be an ideal solution in places where it is not possible to grow fresh fodder or where pasture grazing is nonexistent.