The objectives of this study were to describe the relationships between milk urea concentrations and nutritional management, production, and economic variables in commercial dairy herds. Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) test-day milk urea data, production data, and information on ration nutrient composition and feeding management programs were collected over a 13-mo period from 53 commercial Ontari...

This thesis consists of studies concerning the effects of dry period energy feeding, and early lactation energy and protein feeding on the metabolic and hormonal status, tissue mobilisation and lactation performance in dairy cows. In all studies, restricted amounts of grass silage were fed during the dry period, and lead feeding with concentrate was applied during the last three weeks of pregna...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of replacing commercial feed with varying proportions whole-plant silage maize in diet Holdobaki geese. The evaluated growth performance, carcass characteristics, relative organ weight, blood biochemical, and economical traits 192 fifth-week-old geese were randomly divided into 4 treatments 8 replicate pens per treatment 6 pen. control group (0SM), wh...

This study aimed (1) at determining the levels of the fungal toxin sterigmatocystin (STC) in the feed and urine of cattle and (2) at evaluating the effects of supplementing the feed with a mycotoxin adsorbent (MA) on STC concentrations in urine. Two herds of female Japanese Black cattle were used in this study. The cattle in each herd were fed a standard ration containing rice straw from differ...

The study aimed to determine the effects of feeding outdoor-grown hydroponics maize sprouts (HMS) on growth performance and digestibility nutrients in goats. Three treatment groups (n = 5), group T1 (control), were fed 500 g concentrate, Napier grass; T2, HMS, while T3 had sole HMS using a completely randomized design. results showed that better feed nutritive composition with lower concentrati...

The aim of the present work was to carry out a study on the variation of the blood chemistry constituents of dogs and cats subjected to different feeding diets. Blood samples from 50 healthy dogs and 25 cats were used to study the effect of feeding diets with commercial ration, homemade or mixed (concentrate and homemade) on their blood biochemical profile. Both, dogs and cats, fed with mixed r...

Two hundred ninety-eight Rambouillet ewe and wether lambs approximately 9 mo old from Texas were allotted to pens (29 to 30 lambs/pen). Two replicate pens were fed each of five diets. Two methods of restricting energy intake were evaluated: altering nutrient density (55% vs 72.5% vs 90% concentrate levels) and restricting intake of the 90% concentrate pelleted diet (92.5% or 85% ad libitum inta...

The effects of high and medium feed value grass silage or maize silage (MS), each offered with a range of concentrate feed levels, and ad libitum concentrate on the performance of finishing lambs, which were either shorn or unshorn, were evaluated. Three silages were used: 1 medium feed value (MFV) and 1 high feed value (HFV) grass silage (DM digestibility [DMD] of 71.3% and 74.5%, respectively...

The purpose of the study was to analyze body weight gain and efficiency feed use in maintenance Joper chicken using restaurant organic waste (ROW) as a substitute for concentrated feed. research material 75 male free-range chickens aged 1.5 month with initial 0.57 – 0.80 g/head coefficient diversity 9.25%. ingredients were ground corn, rice bran, concentrate, commercial dry milled ROW. equipmen...

The aim of the experiment was to study the effect of feeding system on meat quality characteristics of Small East African (SEA) goats and their crosses with Norwegian (SEA×N) goats finished under small scale farming conditions. Twenty four castrated goats at the age of 18 months with live body weight of 16.7±0.54 kg from each breed (SEA and SEA×N) were distributed in a completely randomized des...