To determine prececal starch digestibili-ty and estimate glucose uptake from the digestion of 4 forms of barley in the small intestine, 4 mature cecally fistulated geldings (449 ± 41 kg BW) fed a 62:38 (wt/wt) meadow hay:concentrate diet at 1.7 kg DM/100 kg BW were included in a 4 × 4 Latin square design experiment. During each period, horses received 80% DM of their concentrate as 1 of the 4 f...

Growth assays were conducted with 8-dayold crossbred chicks to evaluate the available choline in 44 and 49% protein soybean meals, and also in whole heat-treated soybeans. A choline-free (experimental basal d i e t ) p r e t e s t diet was imposed from day 5 to 8 posthatching to diminish choline stores. Soybean sources were added at 5 and 10% to the basal diet, and a choline response curve was ...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of whole soybean supplementation on intake, digestion, and performance of beef cows of varying age. Treatments were arranged in a 2 x 3 factorial with 2 supplements and 3 age classes of cows (2-yr-old, 3-yr-old, and mature cows). Supplements (DM basis) included 1) 1.36 kg/d of whole raw soybeans, and 2) 1.56 kg/d of a soybean meal/hulls su...

The affiliation for author A. Pakdel was shown incorrectly on the title page (page 11300). Dr. Pakdel's is Department of Animal Science, College Agriculture, Isfahan University Technology, Isfahan, Iran, PO Box 84156-83111. authors regret error. Effects physical forms starter and milk allowance growth performance, ruminal fermentation, blood metabolites Holstein dairy calvesJournal Dairy Scienc...