Objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of partial substitution of barley grain with bread by-product (BB) on performance of Awassi ewes and their lambs. Forty Awassi ewes rearing single lambs were randomly allotted into four experimental diets containing various levels of BB. The experimental diets contained 0 (BB0), 10 (BB10), 15 (BB15), and 20% (BB20) of BB on dietary dry mat...

OBJECTIVE The hull attached to the barley kernel can be mechanically removed thus reducing the fiber content of the barley. This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of partial dehulling on the nutrient digestibility as well as the digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) content of barley in pigs. METHODS Two hulled barley samples (high fiber barley [HF] and low fib...

This study estimated the fermentation characteristics and nutrient value of corn-lablab bean mixture silages relative to corn silages. The effects of feeding corn-lablab bean mixture silages on nutrient apparent digestibility and milk production of dairy cows in northern China were also investigated. Three ruminally cannulated Holstein cows were used to determine the ruminal digestion kinetics ...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of ruminal protein degradability and supplementation frequency on intake, apparent digestibility, N retention, and nutrient flux across visceral tissues of lambs fed a low-quality forage diet. In both experiments, wethers were fed a basal diet of mature crested wheatgrass hay (4.2% CP) for ad libitum consumption plus 1 of 4 supplements: 1) ...

This study aimed to evaluate cassava genotypes identify the ones with best nutritional values for ruminant diets. Nine were used: Amansa Burro (BGM 549), Aramaris 116), Brasília, Cambadinha (BRS Guaíra), Curvelinha, Engana Ladrão 1269), Trouxinha 1468), BRS Gema de Ovo, and Dourada. A completely randomized block experimental design nine treatments (genotypes) three blocks (replicates) employed....

Effect of substituting corn with cobs treated urea (25%) and wood ash (75%) on chemical composition gas production substrate was determined. Corn substituted graded levels in the dietary ingredients treatments were: 100C = 100% corn, 66C34TC 66% 34% cobs, 34C66TC 100TC cobs. Samples were analyzed for dry matter (DM), organic (OM), ash, crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid (AD...

In this study, it was aimed to determine the quality of silage mixtures (100:0%, 75:25%, 50:50%, 25:75% and 0:100%) fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L. cv Berkem) with oat (Avena sativa Faikbey) rye (Secale cereale Aslım-93). Following harvest, plants were cut in 2-3 cm sizes, filled vacuum bags according mixing ratios left for fermentation at 25±2 oC 60 days. Physical observations (smell, ...

The hypothesis examined in this experiment was that, because of intensive selection for greater daily BW gains and efficient utilization of concentrated low-fiber diets, modern pig breeds differ from old local breeds in their physiological ability to respond to soluble dietary fiber. Thus, the old local breeds, Schwaebisch Haellisches Schwein (SH) and Bunte Bentheimer (BB), and a modern crossbr...