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Digestibility of diets of grass silage and whole crop wheat in the rumen of lactating cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

A.L. Abdalla ,
J.D. Sutton ,
D.J. Humphries  and
R.H. Phipps
A.L. Abdalla
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 2AT, United Kingdom
J.D. Sutton
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 2AT, United Kingdom
D.J. Humphries
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 2AT, United Kingdom
R.H. Phipps
Affiliation:
Centre for Dairy Research, Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 2AT, United Kingdom
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Extract

Forage mixtures containing urea-treated whole crop wheat (WCW) have been shown to be used less efficiently than expected by dairy cows due to low digestibility, particularly of the starch. The purpose of the present experiment was to measure the contribution of the rumen to the digestibility of diets based on grass silage or mixtures of grass silage and urea-treated WCW.

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Ruminant Nutrition & Metabolism In Vivo
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 42
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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References

Cammell, S.B., Sutton, J.D., Humphries, D.J., Phipps, R.H. and Beever, D.E. 1996. Energy balance of lactating cows given diets of grass silage and whole crop wheat. Animal Science 62: (in press).Google Scholar