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Possible improvements in alfalfa silage through the use of mutants of Lactobacillus plantarum as inoculum
Alfalfa is difficult to ensile because of its low water soluble carbohydrate content, low dry matter content, and high buffering capacity. Therefore, the isolation of mutants of L. plantarum was undertaken to develop a strain(s) which could improve the fermentation of alfalfa silage when used as an …
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Effect of Delayed Wrapping and Wrapping Source on Intake and Digestibility of Alfalfa Silage in Gestating Sheep
<p>Baling silage with oxygen can result in dry matter deterioration and reduce silage intake by animals. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of two different wrapping sources and time intervals between baling and wrapping on intake and digestibility of alfalfa silage. The second …
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Nutrient composition of ensiled alfalfa and corn forages grown in Virginia
Corn (Zea mays) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) silages are used extensively in Virginia. A survey was conducted to determine chemical composition of these two forage silages grown in five geographical regions of Virginia; Eastern Virginia (EV), Northern Piedmont (NP), Southern Piedmont (SP), …
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Strategies to Improve Forage Utilization by Sheep Offered Forage Mixtures
<p>In the first experiment, alfalfa and novel endophyte-infected tall fescue (NE+) forages were harvested after a killing frost, then mixed to formulate 4 different treatments; alfalfa alone, 67% alfalfa +33% fescue, 33% alfalfa + 67% fescue, or 100% fescue. After 3 months of storage as silage, …
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Lysine Bioavailability of Two Lipid Coated Lysine Products After Exposure to Silages with Different Acidity
… a first-order kinetic model after incubation in alfalfa- or corn-silage at 2 different amounts of acidity. Greater amounts of Lys immediately disassociated from EC (15.7%) than EB (4.9%; P < 0.05). Lysine that initially disassociated in corn silage at low pH (0.5%) was less than corn silage at a …
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Growth, body composition and costs of feeding Holstein heifers
… costs for rearing replacement heifers. A corn silage-alfalfa silage-orchardgrass hay mixed ration without concentrates when fed ad libitum to heifers in drylot resulted in gain of 934 g/d. Pasture alone heifers gained from 368 to 755 g/d depending on drought and heifer age. Calculations of …
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Yield, Quality, and Botanical Composition of Autumn-Accumulated Grass-Legume Mixtures and Digestibility of Ensiled Autumn-Accumulated Orchardgrass and Alfalfa
… glomerata L.) -red clover, and orchardgrass-alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). The amount of grass and legume in the fescue-red clover mixture shifted from less than 30% grass and more than 60% legume in October to over 60% grass and less than 10% legume in April. All forage mixtures contained at …
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Alternative Housing and Management for Organic Dairy Production
… grain and minerals) was fed with a TMR of corn silage and alfalfa silage, and at least 30% of diet DMI for LOW and HI cows consisted of organic pasture. Activity and rumination time (daily and 2-h periods) were monitored electronically using HR-LD Tags (SCR Engineers Ltd., Netanya, Israel) for …
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Comparison of pelleted vesus unpelleted soybean meal and soybean mal versus brewers grains for lactation
… 18.0% (H) CP. Diet composition varied in corn silage and ensiled ground-corn but alfalfa silage was constant on a dry matter basis. All diets were superior to CON in milk production and constituent yield. Brewers diets were superior to SBM for milk yield, protein, and solid yields. Part of this …
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The Effect of Methods of Storage on The Gross Energy, Chemical Composition and Feeding Value of Alfalfa
<p>Production of good quality hay or silage and its proper storage without loss of the nutritive value is an important problem for dairy farmers. They are particularly interested in meeting the energy needs in feeding their herds for milk production. During the past decade there has been a …
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Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ammonia Volatilization from Soil Amended with Excreta from Ruminants Fed Alternative Forage-based Diets
… conducted: in the first trial, sheep were fed alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) silage diets supplemented with 0, 9, 18, or 27% sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneate [Dumont de Courset] G. Don) (n = 4). In the second trial sheep were fed alfalfa silage diets supplemented with 0, 9, 18, or 27% of …
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Effects of heat and chemical treatment of whole oilseeds on site and extent of digestion of protein and lipid by cattle
… rumen, duodenum, and ileum. Diets contained corn silage (50%) and alfalfa hay (24%) were supplemented with soybean oil (3.4%), raw SB or roasted SB (exit temperature of 141$\sp\circ$, 149$\sp\circ$, or 157$\sp\circ$C in a commercial roaster; 16%). Roasting SB had no effect on ruminal …
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Fermentation characteristics and nutritional value of different proportions of alfalfa and wheat straw ensiled with and without different additives
… of mixtures containing different proportions of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) straw ensiled with and without molasses, microbial inoculant and molasses + microbial inoculant. In experiment 1, chopped alfalfa harvested at 1/10 bloom and chopped wheat straw were …