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Research Article
Effect of Additives on In Vitro Intestinal Utilizable Crude Protein in Dairy Cows and Mobile Bag Nutrient Digestibility of Corn, Alfalfa and Whole Barley Silages
Author(s): Seyed Mohsen Hosseini, Mohsen Danesh Mesgaran, Ali Reza Vakili and Abbas Ali NaserianSeyed Mohsen Hosseini, Mohsen Danesh Mesgaran, Ali Reza Vakili and Abbas Ali Naserian
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of additives on intestinal utilizable crude protein in dairy cows, and ruminal and post-ruminal nutrients disappearance of corn, alfalfa, and whole barley silages using in situ mobile bag technique. Alfalfa, whole crop corn and barley were harvested and chopped, and then treated with commercial biological and chemical additives; urea at 0.0, 10.8 and 21.6 g/kg DM in corn (CS0.0, CSU10.8 and CSU21.6, respectively) and whole barley (BS0.0, BSU10.8 and BSU21.6, respectively); Biomin® inoculant at 0.0, 800 and 9600 cfu/kg in corn (CS0.0, CSB800 and CSB9600, respectively) and at 0.0 and 800 cfu/kg in whole barley (BS0.0 and BSB800); formic acid at 0.0, 4 and 4.4 ml/kg in alfalfa (AS0.0, ASF4 and ASF4.4, respectively) and at 0.0 and 4 ml/kg (BS0.0 and BSF4) in whole barley. Urea caused the enhancement of in vitro intestinal utilizabl.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7579.10004354
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