Intake and digestibility trials were conducted with sheep to evaluate the effect of adding various levels of a typical fibrous grass forage (neutral detergent fiber, NDF = 68%) to a high quality, low fiber (NDF = 22%) brassica forage. Four forage rape:orchardgrass hay diets (0, 40, 70, 100% rape content on a dry matter basis) were fed to groups of six Polled-Dorset crossbred growing wether lamb...

the study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of synthetic lysine (slys) on dry matter intake (dmi), average daily weight gain (adg), dry matter conversion ratio (dmcr), carcass characteristics and economics of productionof finisher broiler chicks. as 240 day-old broiler chicks were randomly distributed to 12 pens of 20 chicks each and assigned to four treatment rations in ...

The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of dosing unadapted lambs with tannin-tolerant bacteria to improve the digestibility of a high condensed tannin (CT) diet. During the initial phase (metabolism study), a diet containing 30% peanut skins was fed to two groups of Suffolk FinnDorset ram lambs that were about three months old and weighed an average of 24.2 1.4 kg. All animals recei...

this study was performed to determine the effect of copper on growth performance, blood metabolites and claw health in young holstein bulls in a humid area in north of iran. one hundred and two young holstein bulls (initial body weight= 377.3±17.1 kg) were randomly allocated to two treatments in a completely randomized design for 56 days. the treatment groups received: (1) the basal diet of no ...

Eighteen Holstein dairy cows averaging 141 days in milk were used in a complete randomized design to determine the effects of feeding liquid acid whey (LAW) on milk production and composition. Animals received a diet consisting of berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum., L), wheat straw and concentrate (Control). Treatments were control and control plus 40 liters/cow/day of LAW. Daily individua...

Aim of this study is to evaluate the utilization cocoa pulp as an alternative feedstuff source for performance and blood metabolite profiles dry-lot fattening Bali steers. Nine steers were randomly assigned experimental diets, composed three levels 0, 5 10% with reducing milled corn composition at 20, 14 8%, designated ED0 (control), ED1 ED2, respectively, under a completely randomized design. ...

the effects of replacement of alfalfa hay with pistachio by-product (pb) at 0, 25, 50, and 75% (dm basis) on the ruminal parameters, dry matter intake (dmi) of female rayini goats, after kidding, and on the live weight gain (lwg) of their kids were investigated. five single-bearing female rayini goats each with a single kid were employed in each level of replacement. the basal diet contained ba...

Dry matter digestibility (DMD), dry intake (DMI) and growth performance of concentrate- forage-based diets were investigated using 24 growing Blended goats (12 males, 12 females) weighing 16.5±1.2 kg (mean±sd). Goats blocked by sex assigned randomly to three dietary treatments that fed for 10 weeks, after two weeks adaptation. Dietary MRG (40% maize bran, 40% rice 20% Gliricidia l...

Understanding what determines feeding behaviour in herbivores is essential to optimise the use of forages in breeding systems. Herbivores can evaluate foods by associative learning of their pre-ingestive characteristics (taste, odour, etc.) and their post-ingestive consequences. Post-ingestive consequences are acknowledged as influencing intake and food choices, but the role of pre-ingestive ch...

Increasing cost and scarcity of maize has stimulated the use of alternative feed sources (AFS) in the diets of cattle. In this study, we investigated the effects of partial or total replacement of maize on nutrient digestibility, growth performance, blood metabolites, and economics in Limousin crossbred feedlot cattle. Forty-five Limousin×Luxi crossbred bulls were randomly assigned to the three...