Renewed interest exists in using grass forages to dilute the higher crude protein (CP) and lower digestible fiber present in legumes fed to lactating dairy cows. A 3 x 3 Latin square feeding study with 4-wk periods was conducted with 24 Holstein cows to compare ryegrass silage, either untreated control or macerated (intensively conditioned) before ensiling, with alfalfa silage as the sole dieta...

Fibrolytic enzymes and microbial inoculants have the potential to improve the value of sorghum feedstuff and feedstock. An experiment was conducted to determine nutritive value, ensiling characteristics, and in situ disappearance kinetics of 4 sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) silage varieties: Dairy Master BMR (DBMR; brown midrib; Richardson Seed, Vega, TX), PS 747 (PS; photoperiod sensitive; Pogue...

This study was conducted to determine the nutritive value of fresh and ensiled whole and partly stoned olive cake (OC) with or without molasses i.e., 0 and 50 gkg on fresh basis. Dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), lignin (sa), ether extract (EE), water soluble carbohydrates (WSC), and total phenols (TPH) of all tr...

When hay is first baled stored, it may go through a “sweat”, an increase in bale temperature. This increase in bale temperature is a combination of plant, bacteria, yeast, and fungi respiration. Plant soluble carbohydrates, principally sugars, are the source of energy for this respiration and increase in heat. As hay storage time increases, the hay loses Dry Matter (DM), and increases in Neutra...

This study was conducted to compare digestibility of wheat straw (WS) by fungi and whole rumen microorganisms (WRM). Dry matter (DM), neutral and acid detergent fiber (NDF and ADF) digestibility of WS were compared with in vitro digestion (IVD), gas production (GP) and specific rumen anaerobic fungi culture (SRAFC). Dry matter, NDF and ADF digestibility of WS by WRM of buffalo (60.80, 49.93 and...

Four ruminally cannulated buffalo bulls (300 kg) were fed mottgrass diets using a 4 4 Latinsquare design. Treatments consisted of mottgrass fertilized with 0 or 110.4 kg N/ha and harvested at 40 (ECM) and 60 (LCM) days. Fertilization increased the concentrations of crude protein (CP) and fibre contents. The CP contents of the mottgrass decreased and fibre contents increased with advancing matur...

Bu çalışma; Kayseri ekolojik koşullarında macar fiği + arpa karışık ekim sisteminde uygun karışım oranlarını belirlemek amacı ile, 2015-2017 yıllarında Beta ve Bülbül-98 çeşidi kullanılarak tesadüf blokları deneme desenine göre 4 tekerrürlü olarak yürütülmüştür. Denemede, saf ekimler ile birlikte % 70 30 fiği, 50 karışımları yer almıştır. Araştırmada kuru madde verimi, otta fiğ oranı, ham prote...

This study evaluated three white-rot basidiomycetes for their potential to improve the ruminal degradation of wheat straw. Pleurotus ostreatus (PO), Pleurotus ostreatus-mutant (PO-M) and Trametes gibbosa (TG) were incubated on wheat straw for 30 days at 28 degrees C. Neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), crude protein and in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) were deter...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kandungan fraksi serat hijauan pakan alami yang tumbuh diantara tanaman hutan industri eucalyptus sp pada umur berbeda. dilaksanakan di (HTI) perusahaan Wirakarya Sakti (WKS) Desa Dataran Kempas Kecamatan Tebing Tinggi Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Barat Provinsi Jambi dan Laboratorium Fakultas Peternakan Universitas Jambi. Bahan digunakan penelitian adalah ...

Forage quality testing defines the language of value between the dairy and forage sector. From a nutritionist’s viewpoint, forage quality consists of many analyses that, together, provide a prediction of performance in a balanced ration for the dairy cow. Marketing systems, on the other hand, require a few simple criteria that can be related to value and price discovery. Currently, most trading...