Sodium bicarbonate and sodium bentonite supplements for cattle fed corn or sorghum silages

Comparative feeding value of steam-flaked corn and sorghum in finishing diets supplemented with or without sodium bicarbonate.

A feedlot growth-performance trial involving 64 yearling steers and a metabolism trial involving four steers with cannulas in the rumen, proximal duodenum, and distal ileum were conducted to evaluate the comparative feeding value of steam-flaked corn (SFC, density = .30 kg/liter) and sorghum (SFS, density = .36 kg/liter) in finishing diets supplemented with or without .75% sodium bicarbonate (B...

Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium Bentonite on Digestion, Solid and Liquid Flow, and Ruminal Fermentation Characteristics of Forage Sorghum Si Lage-based Diets

Six ruminally cannulated steers, five Holsteins and one Hereford (250 to 295 kg), were fed 84% forage sorghum silage plus 16% supplement or 50% forage sorghum silage plus concentrate and supplement diets containing either no addition (controls), 1% sodium bicarbonate (NaI-1CO 3 ) or 2% sodium bentonite in a 2 X 3 factorial arrangement of treatments in a 6 • 6 Latin-square experiment with 3-wk p...

Sodium bicarbonate

Major uses Sodium bicarbonate is a main constituent of baking soda/powder. Baking powder is composed of 30% of sodium bicarbonate, with cornstarch, sodium aluminium sulfate, calcium acid phosphate, and calcium sulfate [1]. Sodium bicarbonate may be an ingredient of folk remedies containing turpentine, castor oil, lemon and sugar. It is also added to mouthwashes and dentifrices to prevent dental...

Voluntary feed intake, acid-base balance and partitioning of urinary nitrogen in lambs fed corn silage with added sodium bicarbonate or sodium sesquicarbonate.

An experiment with growing lambs was designed to test the hypothesis that alterations in blood acid-base status would influence intake of corn silage. Six wethers (29 kg) were fed a diet of corn silage (36% DM, 8% CP) supplemented with 1.25% urea and .2% sulfur. At feeding time, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and sodium sesquicarbonate (NaSC) were added to the silage at levels of 0, 2% or 4% of di...

Sodium bicarbonate revisited.