The beef cattle industry represents a significant portion of the USA's agricultural sect, with
beef cattle accounting for the most red meat consumed in the USA. Feed represents the …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of nitrogen utilisation (ENU) and
animal performance in cattle fed tropical grass pastures and receiving nitrogen …

Four lactating Holstein cows fitted with a rumen cannula and T-type cannulae in the
duodenum and ileum were used in an experiment with a 4× 4 Latin square arrangement of …

This chapter focuses on available energy and protein because cool‐season grasses are
often low in the attributes relative to animal requirements. A balance of nutrients including …

1. The effects of defaunation of the rumen of cattle on low-protein diets was studied using
animals given free access to a basal diet of liquid molasses and 1500 g oaten straw/head …

Effects of dietary energy level and dietary protein source on in situ N disappearance of
various protein sources were determined. In Exp. 1, effects of dietary corn treatment and …

Ruminants fed tropical forages and byproducts rich in sugars and cell wall constituents and
low in protein, exhibit poor appetite and only maintenance or low productivity, even after …

Twelve ruminally and duodenally cannulated beef steers (initial BW 368±25.3 kg) and four
ruminally cannulated beef heifers (initial BW 559±79.5 kg) were used to evaluate the effects …

Four field trials were conducted from early August to late October, 1982, on blue gramn
(Boureloue graci&s) rangeland in south-central New Mexico to examine relationships …

Experimental diets consisted of fungal treated or untreated rice straw: concentrate 75: 25 on
a DM basis and ground through a 1 mm sieve. Fungal treated rice straw (FRS) and …