In order to investigate effect of cutting on chemical composition and degradability parameters of sorghum silage an experiment was don. Sorghum forage was used from first and second cutting for ensiling. Ensiling was done in plastic buckets (2.5 kg weight) for 80 days. The result showed that dry matter, neutral and acid detergent fiber in silage of second cutting was higher (P<0/01) and crude p...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of different levels of yeast Saccaromyses Cerveasia and molasses on chemical composition, nutritive value and degradability of Artiplex lentiformis silage. The levels of yeast Saccaromyses Cerveasia include: 0, 2.5 and 5 g/kg dry matter and levels of molasses include: 0, 10 and 15 precent were that added to Atriplex lentiformis silage. ...

     The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different levels of aflatoxin on the gas production, in vitro fermentation parameters, dry matter and organic matter digestibility of sheep's diet. This experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with 5 treatments and 4 replicate per treatment. The treatments included 1.diet without aflatoxin and methanol (control), 2.c...

     The investigation was carried out to determine of chemical composition and dry matter, neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and crude protein (CP) degradability parameters of Kahoorak (Prosopis stephaniana) by using nylon bag technique. Plant samples were taken from the Sar Chah Amari of Khoosf in Birjand city. Samples were collected at three stages of plant growth (vegetative, fruiting and seedi...

Whole plant sunflower and sunflower without head were ensiled in plastic containers using additives in a 2×2×2×2 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design with three replicates. Additives were molasses, urea (at 4 and 0.5 percent wet basis respectively), and a bacterial inoculant (Agros 6gr/ton of forage as manufacture’s instruction). Compared with silages without head, ensiling s...

To determine the best ratios of alfalfa hay to corn silage with similar dietary NDF, cation-anion balance, energy and protein content in the lactating dairy cows, eight mid-lactating Holstein dairy cows with average body weight of 570 kg, and milk yield of 22 kg/d with 3.5% fat, were assigned to each of four experimental diets with alfalfa hay to corn silage ratios of 100:0, 67:33, 33:67 and 0:...