Story in Brief Two levels oflimestone (.7 and 2.0 percent) were fed with two levels of chopped alfalfa hay (10 and 50 percent) to 22 Hereford steers (517 lb). The diet also contained whole shelled corn and supplement. Animals were fed individually at a level equal to 2.5 percent of body weight daily in two equal meals. Organic matter, fiber and nitrogen digestibility were increased with added l...

In a 120 day feeding trial, 8 cattle heifers (87±5 kg and 6 to 7 months) were randomly divided into two equal groups of four animals each (control and supplemented). During the trial, heifers in both the groups were offered National Research Council (NRC) recommended diet with or without yeast supplementation. The diet was formulated by adapting the small dairy breeds heifers’ nutrients require...

quality of protein fractions, according to cornell net carbohydrate and protein system (cncps), and digestibility coefficients, using tilley and terry procedure, of the fresh and ensiled amaranth (amaranthus hypochondriacus) forage were assessed. the concentration of crude protein (cp) and true protein (tp) in the fresh forage, were respectively 116 and 70 g/kg of dm. soluble protein (sp) and a...

A digestibility trial was conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of diets composed of either Cambodian full-fat rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) seeds or soya beans using 16 Mong Cai*Large White pigs. Rubber seeds of unknown falling day and storing period, and extruded soy beans were used in this study. Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) was given ad libitum as a complementary protein-rich foliage ...

in order to investigate the effect of partial replacement of barley starch with beet pulp soluble fiber with or without roasted canola seed on apparent nutrient digestibility, dry matter intake, daily weight gain, feed conversion ratio and rumenal ph 24 arabian male lambs were used for 84 days in a completely randomized design with a 2×2 factorial arrangement. treatments had no significant effe...

Supplementation increased the total dry matter intake by 18.2-36.8 %. Supplements given alone or in combination had no effect on dry matter and organic matter digestibility of the diet. Crude protein digestibility was decreased with molasses supplementation. Crude fiber digestibility was not affected by baker’s yeast supplementation but decreased with other supplements. The digestibility of nit...

I. Digestibility of niaize stalk from lroyer Reid (Tr) maize and its isogenic mutant (bml) was studied by suspending nylon bags containing ground tissue in the rumen of a fistulated steer. The animal was given a grass hay-conccntrate ( 5 : 3) diet or a maize silage-grass hayconcentrate (4: I : 3) diet. 2. The digestibility of the organic matter of the mutant maize stalk was greater than that of...