Replacing alfalfa hay with industrial hemp ethanol extraction byproduct and Chinese wildrye hay: Effects on lactation performance, plasma metabolites, and bacterial communities in Holstein cows. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2023 This trial was designed to investigate the effects of industrial hemp ethanol extraction byproduct (IHEEB) and Chinese wildrye hay (CWH) replacement of alfalfa hay (AH) on digestibility, and lactation performance, plasma metabolites, ruminal fermentation,
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Replacing alfalfa hay with amaranth hay: effects on production performance, rumen fermentation, nutrient digestibility and antioxidant ability in dairy cow [PDF]
Animal Bioscience, 2023 Objective The aim of this research was to explore the effects of dietary substitution of alfalfa hay by amaranth hay on production performance, rumen fermentation, nutrient digestibility, serum biochemical parameters and antioxidant ability in dairy cows.
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Effects of Replacing Alfalfa Hay With Native Grass Hay in Pelleted Total Mixed Ration on Physicochemical Parameters, Fatty Acid Profile, and Rumen Microbiota in Lamb. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 This study aimed to investigate the effects of replacing alfalfa with native grass on growth performance, meat quality, and rumen microbiota of lambs. Forty-five 6-month-old Ujimqin lambs with live body weight (BW) of 29.50 ± 0.26 kg were used for the ...
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Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2021 . This study was performed to investigate the effect of replacing alfalfa hay by L. leucocephala leaves in proportions of 25, 50 and 100% on in vitro gas production (GP) parameter, digestibility and in situ degradability in buffalo.
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Carbohydrate and lipid spectroscopic molecular structures of different alfalfa hay and their relationship with nutrient availability in ruminants [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2017 Objective This study was conducted to determine molecular structures related to carbohydrates and lipid in alfalfa hay cut at early bud, late bud and early flower and in the afternoon and next morning using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT/IR)
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Weaned beef calves fed selenium-biofortified alfalfa hay have an enriched nasal microbiota compared with healthy controls. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Selenium (Se) is an essential trace mineral important for immune function and overall health of cattle. The nasopharyngeal microbiota in cattle plays an important role in overall respiratory health, especially when stresses associated with weaning ...
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Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2016 Forty male Naemi lambs were used to evaluate the effect of total mixed rations (TMR) alone or in combination with supplementation of alfalfa hay offered at different schedules on growth, carcass characteristics, and meat quality.
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PLOS ONE, 2019 AbstractDiet composed of smaller particles can improve feed intake, digestibility, and animal growth or health, but in ruminant species can reduce rumination and buffering – the loss of which may inhibit fermentation and digestibility. However, the explicit effect of particle size on the rumen microbiota remains untested, despite their crucial role in ...
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Alfalfa hay digestibility in Sardinian does [PDF]
, 1992 A feeding trial was carried out on ten Sardinian does. 5 does (group F) were fed with alfalfa hay and the other 5 (group C+F) with alfalfa hay + 0.6 kg of concentrate to measure the digestibility of these feeds. The digestibility was measured by marker
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Comparative Value of Alfalfa Pasture, Alfalfa Greenchop, or Alfalfa Hay for Lactating Dairy Cows
Journal of Dairy Science, 1971 Abstract Thirty Holstein cows, distributed among three groups of 10 each, were assigned randomly to treatments of alfalfa hay, alfalfa pasture, or alfalfa greenchop. A grain ration was offered at 1kg per 3.5kg milk. To prevent bloat, cows pastured on alfalfa or fed alfalfa greenchop received 20g poloxalene daily.
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