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Lactational performance and body weight change in cows fed the fungal treated wheat straw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

H. Fazaeli ,
Z. A. M. Jelan ,
Y. Rouzbehan ,
H. Mahmodzadeh ,
B.J. Liang ,
A. Azizi  and
Osman Awang
H. Fazaeli
Affiliation:
Animal Science Research Institute P.O. Box 1483, 31585 Karaj, Iran
Z. A. M. Jelan
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia
Y. Rouzbehan
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, Agriculture College, Tarbiat Moddares University, Tehran, PO Box 14155-4838, Iran
H. Mahmodzadeh
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Tehran, Iran
B.J. Liang
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia
A. Azizi
Affiliation:
Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Karaj, Iran
Osman Awang
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia
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In Iran, the availability of high quality forages is restricted. The use of wheat straw, which is accessible in a huge amount, is limited due to its low nutritional value. Recently, biological method using white-rot fungi to improve the nutritional value of straw have been reported (Zadrazil 1997). However, the data available have been obtained from in vitro works. Additionally, little information is available on the utilization of fungal treated straw fed to dairy cow. Therefore, this experiment was carried out to assess the effect of fungal treated wheat straw on the performance of lactating cows.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 185
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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