The effect of replacing wilted grass silage (GS) with pea-barley intercrop silage (PBS) on feed intake, diet digestibility and milk production was studied with 8 multiparous Ayrshire-cows in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square experiment. Proportion of PBS was 0 (PBS0), 33 (PBS33), 67 (PBS67) or 100 (PBS100) % of silage dry matter (DM). The DM content was 559 and 255 g kg-1 for GS and PBS. Crude pr...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of inoculating Lactisil Maize, a dual-purpose inoculant, on the fermentation characteristics and nutritive value of high-moisture maize silage and the performance of lactating cows receiving the silage in their diets. Whole-crop maize was harvested...

This study aimed to evaluate the productive performance and nutritional status of crossbred sheep fed a diet containing buffel grass silage (BGS) in substitution corn (CS). Thirty-two male Santa Inês with an average body weight 20.09 ± 2.0 kg were distributed completely randomized block design four treatments (0, 33.3, 66.6, 100 % silage) eight animals per treatment. Dry matter intake, apparent...

Our objective was to study the effect of different roughage sources produced in a tropical environment on intake, digestibility, and ruminal parameters of crossbred bulls. Five rumen-fistulated 30-mo-old Holstein × Bos indicus bulls (average BW =459 ± 32.5 kg) were utilized in a 5 × 5 randomized Latin square design. The experiment consisted of five 19-d experimental periods (10 d for adaptation...

The effects of direct-cut and wilted silage with or without rapeseed meal (RSM) supplementation on rumen fermentation and digesta passage rates were studied in a 4 4 balanced Latin square experiment with four multiparous cows. The dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) degradabilities of silages were determined in sacco. RSM supplementation replaced 16% of the oat±barley concentrate mixture. Th...

Eight Mong Cai castrate male pigs of mean initial weight 12.3 kg were fed diets containing sugar palm (Borassus flabellifer) syrup and dry fish substituted or not with ensiled cassava leaves (0 and 50% of the daily ration in dry basis) according to a change over design. The silage was made from sun-dried, wilted, chopped leaves and petioles in a single batch of cassava foliage harvested after 8...

The brown midrib-3 (bm3) gene mutation has been incorporated into corn plants to potentially improve fiber digestibility. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of bm3 corn silage on digestion and performance of growing beef steers and to determine whether limiting intake would further enhance fiber digestibility of bm3 corn silage. A bm3 hybrid and its isogeneic normal count...

The aim of the present experiment was to compare silage prepared from maize having a brown midrib (BMR) mutation with control (CTR) maize to identify their effects on enteric methane emission, digesta mean retention time (MRT), ruminal fermentation and digestibility. In addition, the utility of archaeol present in faecal samples was validated as a proxy for methane production. Seven German Hols...

Grass silages (n = 136) were selected from commercial farms across Northern Ireland according to their pH, ammonia nitrogen, DM, and predicted ME concentration. Each silage was offered to four sheep as a sole feed at maintenance feeding level to determine nutrient digestibility and urinary energy output. Dry matter concentration was determined as alcohol-corrected toluene DM and was subsequentl...

in this study, a new and valuable forage source was introduced with combination and silage of alfa-alfa, halocnemum and mesquite via chemical, gas production and in vivo methods. to perform this research, first the right amounts of the species were collected. then they were cut by chopper to the dimensions of less than 5 cm. then, halocnemum, mesquite fruit, alfalfa and molasses were silaged ac...