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Digestion and nitrogen retention in steers offered grass silages made with no additive, formic acid or bacterial inoculant, and supplemented with two levels of concentrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

P. Shiels ,
P. O'Kiely ,
A.P. Moloney  and
P. Caffrey
P. Shiels
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
P. O'Kiely
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
A.P. Moloney
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
P. Caffrey
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Beneficial effects of inoculants on the nutritive value of well-preserved grass silage for beef cattle have been described (Keady and Steen, 1994). Less information is available on the efficacy of inoculants when untreated grass is preserved badly. The first objective of this study was to determine the effect of one inoculant under such conditions. Since an improvement in nutritive value of silage may be hidden when supplementary concentrates are offered, the second objective of this study was to determine the interaction between silage additive treatment and concentrate supplementation on the nutritive value of the resulting diets.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 73
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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