The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of various doses of essential oils (EO) of thyme (TEO) or cinnamon (CEO) on in vitro rumen degradation of protein of a commercial total mixed ratio (TMR) containing 16.4% crud protein (CP). Treatments were TMR without any of EOs (control); control plus 25 µL of TEO (TEO25); control plus 50 µL of TEO (TEO50); control plus 25 µL of CEO (CEO25) ...

Rapid body growth during the prepubertal period may be associated with reductions in mammary parenchymal growth and subsequent milk yield. The objective of this study was to test effects of dietary rumen-undegradable protein (RUP) and administration of recombinant bovine somatotropin (bST) during the prepubertal period on mammary growth and milk yield of dairy heifers. Seventy-two Holstein heif...

MAJER, V., VESELÝ, P.: An assessment of diff erences in the ruminal degradability and intestinal digestibility of crude protein in brewer’s grains and maize draff . Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2012, LX, No. 1, pp. 97–104 The submitted thesis aims to assess the diff erences between the ruminal degradability and intestinal digestibility of crude protein contained in brewer’s grain...

DVE2010 system was used for model prediction of nutrient supply to ruminants from soy bean meal (SBM), extruded soy bean meal (SBE) and full-fat soybean meal (FSBM). Extruded soy bean meal had the highest truly absorbed rumen undegraded protein in the small intestine (ARUP) followed by SBM and FSBM. There was no significant difference between SBE and FSBM in the case of truly absorbed rumen syn...

Previous research from our laboratory has demonstrated that near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy has utility in predicting rumen-undegradable protein (RUP) contents of legume and grass silages. This study was conducted to evaluate whether application of previous research techniques could yield a useful near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy RUP prediction system for legume and grass hays. Leg...

Five multiparious Holstein cows, arranged in a 5 5 Latin square design, were fed a control diet (no supplemental fat) and diets containing 5% of the following fat supplements: ̄aked tallow with a low iodine value of 14.4 (FTL), prilled tallow with a low iodine value of 14.5 (PTL), prilled tallow with a medium iodine value of 25.8 (PTM) and fancy bleachable tallow with a high iodine value of 62 ...

The aim of this study was to compare the nutritional value of sunflower meal (SFM) and soybean meal (SBM) protein by determining both its ruminal degradability and intestinal digestibility. Three non lactating Jersey cows fitted with a rumen and T-type duodenal cannulas were used to estimate rumen degradability and intestinal digestibility of SFM and SBM dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP). ...