The aim of this study was to determine the correlations between output parameters in sacco method and CNCPS (Cornell Net Carbohydrate Protein System). Both methods were tested on 106 samples from feeds classified into following categories: extracted meal cakes, cereals, legumes, maize alfalfa silage, other silages, DDGS (dried distiller’s grains with solubles), oilseeds various hays. effective ...

nutritive value of rumen epithelial scraping (rep) was assessed using in sacco and in vivo procedures. concentrates were so formulated that 0% (a), 35% (b), 70% (c), and 100% (d) of soybean meal (sbm), were replaced (weight for weight) with rep. in a completely randomized design, 16 west african dwarf (wad) goats were randomly allocated to the experimental diets to assess feed intake and digest...

Multiple-indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) models have become a popular latent variable method to detect di erential item functioning (DIF) by practitioners. The ease of including groups for DIF testing and the implementation of MIMIC models in structural equation modeling software have helped drive the use of MIMIC models by applied researchers. However, there are several shortcomings within th...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of bacterial inoculation on the fermentation and aerobic stability of corn silage and on the dry matter degradability and milk composition when fed to sheep or cows. Four male sheep were selected to measure dry matter degradability of uninoculated (UCS) and inoculated (ICS) corn silage. Milk composition was measured for 22 Holstein cows, separ...

This study compared the effects of drying on beet pulp with and without added molasses by measuring the in sacco digestibility and composition including ®ber polysaccharides and minerals. Beet pulp was sampled before and after the addition of molasses from four different sugar processing plants within California. These samples were sub-sampled and then sun-, freeze-, or airdried. The percentage...