%Moisture & %Dry Matter Labs determine the %moisture content of submitted samples by drying the sample, and calculate the %dry matter; (DM% = 100 %moisture). Most lab analysis reports list test values on both the basis of %Dry Matter, and “As Fed”, “As Is” or “As Received.” Forage nutritive values should be evaluated, and rations balanced on a dry matter basis. Once the forage needs have been d...

The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effect of level of dietary concentrate on rumen fermentation, digestibility, and N losses in lactating dairy cows. The experiment was a replicated 3x3 Latin square design with 6 cows and 16-d adaptation periods. Ruminal contents were exchanged between cows at the beginning of each adaptation period. Data for 2 of the diets tested in this e...

The concept of using cultures of lactic acid bacteria to enhance silage fermentation developed near the beginning of the last century but early cultures had insufficient bacteria and little success until freeze drying and encapsulation techniques were developed (Weinberg and Muck, 1996). Traditional silage inoculants were developed to acidify crops during anaerobic storage and thereby minimize ...

concentration of co2 in the atmosphere is likely to increase up to 550 µmol mol-1 by the middle of 21st century. such an increase in the atmospheric co2 would affect plant growth, and as well the productivity of crop plants. a field experiment was conducted with two potato cultivars namely kufri surya and kufri chipsona-3 grown inside open top chambers (otcs) at ambient (385±30 µmol mol-1) vs. ...

I. In the wild, red grouse live largely on heather, a high-fibre (25 :(,), low-protein (7 %) food. Digestibility trials were carried out under semi-natural conditions, with magnesium as a digestibility marker. T w o trials w-ere done, one in autumn and one in spring. 2. Digestibility of the dry matter varied from 21 to 30 ”/o and metabolizable energy from 1.1 to 1.6 kcal/g. Thcse variations wer...

the aim of the experiment was to determine the effect of different dry matter content and addition of silage inoculant on the ruminal protein degradability. alfalfa herbage was collected from two cuts and the fresh matter was sampled two times during each cut (with different dry matter content). during the preparation of experimental micro-silages, the chopped forage was treated with a microbia...

Sixteen steers (650 Ib) were used to determine the effects of corn moisture, protein concentration and monensin (Rumensin) on ration digestibility and nitrogen retention. The steers were placed in metabolism stalls and fed rations of high moisture corn (HMC) or dry rolled corn at two protein levels (9.3 and 12.3 percent) with two monensin levels (0 and 30 g per ton of feed). Monensin addition d...

The objective was to evaluate the fermentation profile, aerobic stability, chemical composition, and mineral content of silages mango combined with cocoa pod husk meal. A completely randomized design adopted, including four levels (65, 70, 75, 80%) five repetitions, totaling 20 experimental silos that were opened after 90 days sealing. Increasing in increased dry matter recovery, total carbohyd...

Using layer hens, Gallus gallus domesticus, we compared the digestive capabilities of birds on a low-fibre diet (LF, 8.49% neutral detergent fibre; NDF), with those fed a high-fibre diet balanced for energy and protein to match the LF diet (high fibre balanced, HFB; NDF = 15.61%) and those fed a high fibre unbalanced (HFU) diet (NDF = 16.68%). The HFU diet had the lowest apparent dry matter (DM...