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An investigation of factors influencing nutrient loss from absorbent materials during ensiling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

C P Ferris  and
C S Mayne
C P Ferris
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland, BT26 6DR
C S Mayne
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland, BT26 6DR
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Including dry feed materials (absorbents) with grass at ensiling has been shown to reduce effluent output and improve silage fermentation (Offer and Al-Rwidah, 1989) although the effects of this practice on animal performance have been somewhat variable (Ferris and Mayne, 1990; Jones, Jones and Moseley, 1990). However little is known about the fate of these absorbents during ensilage or the effects of ensiling upon their chemical composition. The aim of this investigation, which was part of a large scale dairy cow production study was to examine the nutrient recovery and compositional changes occurring with unmolassed sugar-beet pulp (SBP) when ensiled with grass at three levels of inclusion.

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Forage Utilisation
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 93
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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Ferris, C.P. and Mayne, C.S. (1990) Proceedings of the Winter Meeting of the British Society of Animal Production, Paper No. 62.Google Scholar
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