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Soybean hulls replacing ground corn in diets for early lactation Saanen goats: intake, digestibility, milk production and quality

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate productive performance and milk quality of Saanen goats fed diets with soybean hulls replacing ground corn (0, 50 and 100% replacement) in early lactation (from birth to 50 days of lactation).
Maximiliane Alavarse Zambom, Claudete Regina Alcalde, Daniele Cristina da Silva Kazama, Elias Nunes Martins, Juliano Hideo Hashimoto, Makoto Matsushita, Carlos Eduardo Crispim Oliveira Ramos, Paula Adriana Grande   +7 more
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A note on the evaluation of the acid-insoluble ash technique as a method for determining apparent diet digestibility in beef cattle. [PDF]

, 2010
peer-reviewedThe objective was to determine if the acid-insoluble ash (AIA) method provided accurate estimates of in vivo apparent digestibility compared with the standard total faecal collection (TFC) method.
Kenny, David A., McGeough, E.J., O'Kiely, Padraig   +2 more
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Corncob‐Based Diet With Enzyme Blend Improves Body Weight, Feed Efficiency and Breast Yield of Sasso Broiler Chickens

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2026.
Supplementing a 10% corncob‐based diet with a multi‐blend enzyme improved feed efficiency, body weight and breast yield of Sasso broiler chickens without adverse effects on blood parameters, offering a cost‐effective alternative feed strategy. ABSTRACT Background Owing to the high cost of grains and protein, poultry nutritionists need to consider ...
Achiamaa Asafu‐Adjaye Koranteng, Benjamin Adjei‐Mensah, Joycelyn Okyere Darko, Richard Koblah Agbehadzi, Maxwell Ansong Okai, Gifty Ziema Bumbie, Koffi Apeti Gbogbo, Jacob Alhassan Hamidu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species‐level exploration of the gut microbiome in the leaf‐eating Presbytis monkeys reflected the effects of anthropogenic activity and specialized dietary niches: Conservation on the fourth biodiversity level

iMetaOmics, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2025.
This study integrates full‐length 16S rRNA and deep metagenomic sequencing to explore species‐level gut microbial composition and function in two endangered leaf‐eating langur species—white‐headed langurs and François' langurs—across gradients of human disturbance.
Qihai Zhou, Qiuyan Guo, Xinyuan Cui, Tao Meng, Zhuting Pang, Song Wang, Hua Chen, Meijing Lu, Guoqi Liu, Chengming Huang, Lifeng Zhu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Summer Annual Variety Trial [PDF]

, 2017
Warm season grasses, such as sudangrass, and millet can provide quality forage in the hot summer months, when the cool season grasses enter dormancy and decline in productivity. The addition of summer annuals into a rotation can provide a harvest of high-
Cummings, Erica, Darby, Heather, Gupta, Abha, Ziegler, Sara   +3 more
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Impacts of Municipal Treated Wastewater on Growth Performance and Nutritional Composition of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Under Arid Regions Conditions

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is considered one of the most valuable cereal crops worldwide, ranking fourth in production and providing high‐quality forage for ruminant animals. Conventional forage cultivation is unsustainable in arid and semi‐arid regions, where water scarcity and an extreme arid climate prevail, because of the high water ...
Wasef Al‐Zayadneh, Faisal Hayat, Mohammed Alyafei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vícios na estimação da excreção fecal utilizando indicadores internos e óxido crômico em ensaios de digestão com ruminantes Biases in fecal excretion estimation by using internal markers and chromic oxide in digestion trials with ruminants

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2009
Objetivou-se determinar os vícios de estimação da excreção fecal com base nos indicadores internos matéria seca indigestível (MSi), fibra em detergente neutro indigestível (FDNi), fibra em detergente ácido indigestível (FDAi) e do indicador externo óxido
Emanoel Elzo Leal de Barros, Carlos Augusto de Alencar Fontes, Edenio Detmann, Ricardo Augusto Mendonça Vieira, Lara Toledo Henriques, Alberto Magno Fernandes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supplementation levels for growing beef cattle grazing in the dry-rainy transition season. [PDF]

, 2017
The objective of this experiment was to study the effects of different levels of supplementation on the performance, intake, digestibility, pH and rumen ammonia concentration in growing bulls grazing Brachiaria decumbens Stapf.
DETMANN, E., FIGUEIREDO, D. M. de, PAULINO, M. F., PORTO, M. O., SALES, M. F. L., VALADARES FILHO, S. de C.   +5 more
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Intake and performance of feedlot cattle fed diets based on high and low Brix sugar cane with or without calcium oxide and corn silage

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate low and high Brix diets, treated or not with 5 g of calcium oxide per kg of natural matter, and corn silage on intake, digestibility and performance of beef cattle. Forty cattle with initial body weight (BW) of
Felipe Antunes Magalhães, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, Gustavo Chamon de Castro Menezes, Mateus Pies Gionbelli, Diego Zanetti, Marcelo Grossi Machado, Douglas dos Santos Pina, Koiti Komura   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Summer Annual Variety Trial [PDF]

, 2016
Warm season grasses, such as sorghum x sudangrass crosses, sudangrass, and millet are high-yielding annuals that can provide quality forage in the hot summer months, when the cool season grasses that make up most pastures and hay meadows in the Northeast
Brigham, Nate, Cubins, Julija, Darby, Heather, Ziegler, Sara   +3 more
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