PROBLEMS OF COW FEEDING IN ROBOTIC MILKING AND LOOSE HANDLING CONDITIONS

Abstract

Abstract. The research has been carried out on the training and research farm (MPS) of the LUA „Vecauce ” in a milk cow barn where two robots are used for milking of cows. The cows receive silage and hay as well as a part of concentrated feed as a total feed mixture (TMR) that is freely fed at the feeding table but the animals receive the mixed concentrated feed programmed according to the milk yield in the milking stand and the feeding stand. The research describes rationing of nutrients according to the productivity of cows, the choice of the structure of the most suitable feed rations, the choice of the most economically profitable composition of feed mixture and concentrated feed distribution as well as the limiting norms for dosing of concentrated feed in the milking and feeding stands. The research results are used for improvement of the cow feeding and handling technology on the LUA MPS “Vecauce”. Key words: feeding of cows, animal feed, robotic milking, loose handling, productivity of cows.