The handling characteristics of whole cottonseed are improved by coating with gelatinized cornstarch, but limited information is available on the effects of feeding the coated cottonseed to lactating dairy cows. Thirty-six lactating Jersey cows were used in a crossover design trial with 4-wk experimental periods to evaluate the influence of coating whole cottonseed with 2.5% gelatinized cornsta...

To explore whether or not the gossypol varied in cottonseed by-products affect rumen degradability and fermentation efficiency, an vitro cumulative gas production experiment was applied with mixed microorganism to compare characteristics of whole (WCS, n = 3 samples), meal (CSM, hull (CSH, 2 samples). The five-replicate per sample incubation time continuously lasted for 0.5, 1.5, 3, 6, 12, 24, ...

During the last trimester of pregnancy single and twin-bearing ewes were fed chopped oat hay ad libitum and supplements (300 g/day) of cottonseed meal (CSM) (T1) or barley grain plus urea and sodium sulfate (Bar+N+S) (T2), or CSM and oat hay restricted to the level consumed by the T2 ewes (T3). T1 ewes consumed 47% more hay and approximately 13% more digestible organic matter than T2 ewes. T1 e...