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Effect of supplemented diet by sucrose or starch on ruminal pH and ammonia-N concentration in Holstein steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

F. Rezaii ,
M. Danesh Mesgaran ,
A. Heravi Mousavi  and
M. Nasiri
F. Rezaii*
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
M. Danesh Mesgaran
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
A. Heravi Mousavi
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
M. Nasiri
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
*
Email:fa_re23@stu-mail.um.ac.ir
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High producing dairy cows are often fed large quantities of high quality proteins, and because ruminal protein degradation is not directly coupled to microbial protein synthesis, ruminal NH3-N production is always excessive and ultimately lost by urinary N excretion. Increasing the supply of ruminally fermentable carbohydrates can reduce ruminal ammonia-N concentration and increase milk protein yield (Sannes et al., 2002). The addition of sugar has increased ruminal and whole animal N efficiency in sheep and steers, reportedly to a greater extent than starch (Chamberlain et al., 1993). The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of diets containing different non fibre carbohydrates (NFC, sucrose or starch) on ruminal pH and ammonia-N concentration in Holstein steers.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2008 , 2008 , pp. 189
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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