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, ...