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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"in-situ digestibility"”.
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A Comparative Analysis of the Nutrient Composition and Digestibility of California Perennial and Annual Grasses at Four Stages of Growth
… the fourth largest agricultural commodity in the state of California, valuing more than $3 billion from 2013 to 2015 (CDFA, 2016) and procure 90% of the income for the range livestock industry (FRAP, 2003). Forages found on California’s coastal, desert, foothill, and mountain ranges are the …
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Effects of supplement type and forage type on ruminal metabolism and diet digestibility of cattle
Many ruminant animal production systems still rely heavily on forages (Jung and Allen, 1995). Yet, poor quality forages, including crop residues like corn stover, do not usually meet the animal’s nutrient requirements (NRC, 2000). Corn stover is the fibrous portion of the corn plant left on the …
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The use of corn treated with various applications of foliar fungicide to increase corn silage quality and performance of Holstein cows
With increasing feed prices and decreasing profit margins, livestock producers are constantly searching for ways to increase feed nutritive value and consequently improve production per unit of feedstuff. Research on the use of foliar fungicide has shown to increase corn grain yield in recent …