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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
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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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