Tropical Dairy Farming is a manual designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock. It shows how to provide dairy cows with cost-effective feeds that match small holder farming systems and discusses the major obstacles to improving feeding management in the humid tropics. The author shows the benefits and drawbacks of various feed components and the calculation of balanced diets based mainly on forages combined with some supplementary feeding. Diseases and problems associated with unbalanced diets are also covered, as well as important information on growing and conserving quality forages as silage. The book draws on examples from a variety of countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, East Timor and the Philippines.
- ISBN10 6613154652
- ISBN13 9786613154651
- Publish Date 8 December 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher CSIRO Publishing
- Imprint Landlinks Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 313
- Language English