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Cattle Diets and Nutrition
Domestic bovines don't eat just grass: the diet of a bovine is surprisingly complex and involved with the variety of feeds in the form of forage, grain and byproducts available. But in order to determine the diet of a bovine one must understand the nutritional aspect of the bovine as well--an aspect that has its complexities and variations as well. If you are looking to learn and ask questions about the diets and nutrition of cattle, you've come to the right place.
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THE ACTUAL QUESTION IS THIS....
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mathematical answer
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let
one cow graze th field in n days
initially length of the grass = g.
grazing rate for the cow= r;
growing rate of the grass =R;
now
g+ no.of days* grazing rate=no. of the cows *no. of days *grazing rate.
g+3*R=3*3*r ---------->(1)
g+6*R=2*6*r ---------->(2)
g+n*R=1*n*r ----------->(3)
on solving the equation (1) and (2)
r =R
i.e. grazing rate = Growing rate
hence
we can say that one cow can not finish the grass from the field
manually
put r =R in equation (4).
g+n*r=n*r (Invalid equation )
without using mathematic we can also solve it logically
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as we know that grass is continuously growing, if cow is grazing at one place, grass id growing at other places, hence it can not be finished
Saurabh Tripathi @ vasudhaika Software Solution Pvt.Ltd Hyderabad
No. When you drive by a cow pasture notice all the tufts of grass standing around the pasture. This is where old cow patties lie because they avoid grazing the grass that grows around these patties. But that occurs only if they are set to continuously graze a pasture.
Why is cow dung a problem and human poo is not a problem?
Cows produce a lot of gaseous waste in the form of methane, that is released along with everything else, and ebters the atmosphere where it acts as a greenhouse gas. In contrast, the human body is quite efficient at picking what it can out of the food and only excreting what it cannot use; much lower amounts of gas are released this way.
Yes, since most places where there are swamps where cattle have been in no marsh marigolds grow: primarily because cattle have already eaten them up.
Can you show the picture of a cow's stomah and its function?
I certainly can. You will find a few links in the Related links section below this answer where a diagram of the digestive system of a cow and the explanation of its function can be found.
How do the four parts of the cows stomach work and why do they have parts?
To answer your second question, these four parts of the cow's stomach do not themselves have parts, they are simply parts themselves of a single cow's stomach. The whole purpose of these chambers or compartments is to make it easier to digest roughage more efficiently and use the subsequent effort of digestion as a source of energy for reproduction, body maintenance, mobility, growth, and overall health.
A cow has one stomach, with four separate compartments. The rumen is the first compartment that all of the cows chewed food goes to. then the cow brings her "cud" (chewed food) back up to continue chewing it, until it is ready to be swallowed. then after swallowed it goes to the reticulum, which seperates all foreign objects out of the cows stomach,then it passes to the omasum where all nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream, then after that, the food travels to the last compartment, called the abdomasum. This compartment forms food into waste that will be excreted from the cow.
No, a cow will not eat meat, although there will be some curious cow that would probably try it, cows do not and will not eat meat.
What do baby cows eat when they grow up?
Baby cows (called calves) grow up to be cows. They will drink milk from the moms utters. The milk has the right amount of nutrients for the baby.
What are the advantages of using cow dung?
They are used for several reasons like fertilizer, fire fuel, etc.
How much water does a cow need?
A cow typically needs 7% (non-lactating cows) to 10% (lactating) of her body weight in water per day.
Grass tetany is an anti-quality factor and a metabolic disease where livestock experience a severe case of magnesium deficiency while on spring pasture. Also known as hypomagnesemic tetany, grass staggers, winter tetany or wheat pature poisoning, it primarily affects older lactating cows that are 2 months into their lactation period (or suckling 2-month old calves) but can also affect young or dry cows and growing calves.
Grass tetany primarily occurs while grass is in its vegetative stage (or succulent immature grass) and after a pasture had been fertilized with lots of nitrogen. Nitrogen will decrease availability of magnesium to cattle, especially with potassium-rich soils, causing a significant decrease in magnesium in the blood serum of cattle.
See the related links below for more info.
What is a food trough for animals called?
A feed trough or feed bunk. The smaller ones are called "mangers."
How many acres do you need per cow?
This is highly dependent on location, pasture health and forage quantity, the size and weight of the cow, climate, soil health and vegetation. Each area/location has a different stocking rate over the other, and often a rule of thumb of "at least 2 acres" may not be sufficient, especially in those areas where you can rotationaly graze cattle (having grazing pressure of 50 animals per 2 acres for every 12 hours, for instance), or in an area where you can only have 1 cow calf pair for every 25 acres.
How much water does a cow eat a day?
Cows, like all animals, do not eat water, they drink it. And cattle typically consume around 10% of their body weight in water per day.
