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Rumen fermentation characteristics, nitrogen balance and growth in lambs fed methane digester effluent.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Goedeken, F. K. Paterson, John A. Koeln, L. L. Fischer, John R. Williams, Judee |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Abstract | A laboratory silo trial, two lamb metabolism trials and a lamb growth trial were conducted to compare the nitrogen (N) value of swine methane digester effluent (MDE) to that of urea. Using laboratory silos (four/treatment), fermentation characteristics were measured for silages containing cracked corn, ground wheat straw and MDE added at levels of 0, 4, 8 or 12% of silage dry matter (DM). Lactic acid concentration increased linearly with up to 8% MDE addition, but then decreased (P less than .05; quadratic) with 12% MDE. Butyric acid was highest (P less than .05; linear) with 12% MDE, indicating an undesirable fermentation. In a metabolism study, DM, organic matter and N digestibilities and N balance were similar (P greater than .10) between urea and MDE, but DM digestibility was lower (P less than .05) for ensiled diets (52%) than diets fed fresh daily (59.4%). Mean ruminal volatile fatty acid, ruminal ammonia-N and plasma urea-N concentrations were similar (P greater than .10) between urea- and MDE-fed lambs. Plasma urea-N was higher (P less than .05) and ruminal isovaleric acid lower (P less than .05) in animals fed ensiled than fresh diets. In the second metabolism trial, digestibility of N was lowest (P less than .05) for MDE (51.2%) and highest for soybean meal (SBM; 71.8%), but N balance was similar among all diets.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
| Starting Page | 105 |
| Ending Page | 119 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.animalsciencepublications.org/publications/jas/pdfs/60/6/JAN0600061472 |
| PubMed reference number | 4019340v1 |
| Volume Number | 60 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of animal science |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | 3,4-methylenedioxyethamphetamine Ammonia Blood urea nitrogen measurement Butyric Acid Domestic Sheep Dry Eye Syndromes Fatty Acids Fatty Acids, Volatile Lactic acid Silage Soybeans Tretinoin isovaleric acid zinc pyrithione 10 MG/ML Medicated Shampoo |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |