Evaluation of the air-dry mass of vetch-cereal grass mixtures according to their optimality in the ratio of neutral-detergent (NDF) and acid-detergent fiber (ADF)

¹ Krasnodar Research Centre for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Pervaya Liniya St., 1, 350004, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
² Kuban State Agrarian University named after I. T. Trubilin, Kalinina St., 13, 350044, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
³ Maikop State Technological University, Pervomayskaya St., 191, 385500, Maikop, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: naden8277@mail.ru

Abstract

On the experimental field an experiment was laid to study the productivity of two types of winter vetch: Hungarian vetch (Vicia pannonica Granz) varieties Orlan and Chernomorskaya and downy vetch (Vicia villosa op Roth) varieties Lugovskaya 2 and Glinkovskaya. The vetch was sown in a mixture with winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety Tanya. Various doses of mineral fertilizers. Phosphorus (superphosphate) and potassium (potassium chloride) were introduced during sowing, nitrogen (calcium nitrate) – as early spring feeding. As a control, we studied the variety of furry vetch Lugovskaya 2, since this is the most popular variety of winter vetch in the Krasnodar Territory. The soils of the experimental plots are represented by leached, low-humus heavy loamy powerful chernozem. Due to the limited feed intake, the diets of high-yielding cows are rich in highly digestible non-structural carbohydrates (ADF), which fermentation leads to the formation of a large amount of propionic acid in the rumen with a strong acidic effect and, conversely, NDF fermentation is slower and on a smaller scale. The variant winter wheat Tanya + winter vetch Lugovskaya 2 - is closer to the optimum in the second cut. The rest of the experimental options of vetchwheat and vetch-triticale grass mixtures also have a negative fiber balance, which is not acceptable for feeding high-producing dairy cattle.