The Various of Complete Feed Block for Dairy Cattle

. The effect of three forms of complete feed blocks (CFB) for dairy cattle was evaluated. The form of various CFB were cube, cylinder and ball. The CFB was prepared from napier grass specific tolerance acid soils and concentrate in 50:50 ratio. The research used experimental method with randomized block design. Sixteen dairy cattle were used in this experiment. There were four treatments and four replications used in this experiment. The treatments consisted of R0= control ration, R1= cube CFB, R2= cylinder CFB and R3= ball CFB. The treatment feeds were fed twice a day, at 6.00 am and 15.00 pm. The amount of morning ration 34 kg of fresh napier grass and 5 kg of concentrate for the control ration, and the same amount of ration was also given in the afternoon feeding, therefore, the daily total fresh forage was 68 kg and concentrate was 10 kg. Before feeding the forage was chopped in 5 cm length. The complete feed block for the dairy cows was 10 kg for the morning ration and 10 kg for the afternoon ration, therefore, the daily total complete feed block was 20 kg. The drinking water was available adlibitum. The preliminary period was conducted for 2 weeks and data collection were conducted for 5 day of the end of study. The variables measured were dry matter and organic matter intake, dry matter digestibility and milk production. These results showed that the control ration significantly affected with ration all CFB form on dry matter and organic matter intake but did not significantly affect the dry matter digestibility and milk production