@conference {40656,
	title = {Mitogenic activity of lamb mammary fat pad in vitro is distinct from that of mouse mammary fat pad},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {23-25},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Apple pomace, a by-product of the apple juicing industry, was  assessed as a supplementary feed for lactating dairy cows during autumn.  Cows were offered a base diet of 6 kg DM/cow/day from grazed pasture and  one of three supplement treatments; control (7 kg DM/cow/day grass  silage); apple pomace (AP) (3 kg DM/cow/day grass silage plus 4 kg  DM/cow/day fresh AP); and AP+"balancer" (3 kg DM/cow/day grass silage  plus 3 kg DM/cow/day fresh AP plus 1 kg DM of by-pass protein meal  supplement ("balancer"). Treatment groups each comprised 10 mixed age  Friesian-Jersey crossbred cows which were fed the supplement(s) in their  respective groups in two equal portions following morning and evening  milkings. Groups were grazed independently on similar pastures between  these times.    Herd test milk yields over the 28 day supplementary feeding period were  greater for the AP and AP+"balancer" groups (14.1 \& 14.7 litres/cow/day,  respectively) than for the control group (12.1 litres/cow/day; P<0.001).  Milk protein yields were lower for the control than the two AP groups  (0.43 vs 0.54 \& 0.57 kg/cow/day for control, AP and AP+"balancer",  respectively; P<0.01). Yields of milkfat (0.58 vs 0.70 vs 0.77  kg/cow/day) and milksolids (1.01 vs 1.24 vs 1.34 kg/cow/day) differed  between all three treatment groups (P<0.05). Cow condition and  bodyweights were similar between the three treatment groups at both the  start and end of the trial. Apple pomace was therefore shown to be a  useful supplement for dairy cows in late lactation.   },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Hovey RC and McFadden TB and MacKenzie DDS}
}
