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The effect of monensin addition to and formaldehyde application on the digestion of fresh forage by growing cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

D.E. Beever ,
H.R. Losada ,
D.L. Gale  and
M.C. Spooner
D.E. Beever
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
H.R. Losada
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
D.L. Gale
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
M.C. Spooner
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Nr. Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 5LR
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Studies on the digestion of fresh forages by cattle have indicated that when N content in the forage exceeds approximately 25 g/kg OM, considerable losses of dietary N from the rumen will occur. This finding has been related to the rapid rates of proteolysis and deamination observed on fresh forages, with associated increases in rumen ammonia N concentration due in part to a poor synchronisation of energy and protein availability for microbial synthesis.

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Ruminant Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 72
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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