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Book Mineral Supplementation with Or Without Ionophores and Phosphorus Accretion in Growing Beef Cattle Grazing Winter Wheat Pasture

Download or read book Mineral Supplementation with Or Without Ionophores and Phosphorus Accretion in Growing Beef Cattle Grazing Winter Wheat Pasture written by Clinton Phillip Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mineral Supplementation of Grazing Beef Cattle in Eastern Plains of Colombia

Download or read book Mineral Supplementation of Grazing Beef Cattle in Eastern Plains of Colombia written by Soekanto Lebdosoekojo and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigations were conducted in the eastern plains of Colombia to study the effects of mineral supplementation and pasture type on grazing beef cattle. Eight of zebu cows of 30-35 cows per herd were used. Two herds grazing native pasture were supplemented with salt only; two grazing native pasture received a complete mineral supplement consisting of salt, dicalcium phosphate and trace minerals (copper, iron, zinc, manganese, iodine and cobalt); two herds grazed native pasture during the dry season and molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) during the rainy seaseon and receivel complete mineral supplementation; and the two other herds grazed molasses grass the entire year and received complete mineral supplementation. One herd of each treatment grupo received a urea-molasses-sulfur supplement during the dry seasson. Analyses of native molasses grass hand plucked pasture samples were: in vitro organic matter digestibility, 44.61 and 48.64 per cent; nitrogen, 1.42 and 1.41 per cent; phosphorus, 12 and 21 per cent; calcium, 13 and .21 per cent; magnesium, .16 and .18 per cent; potassium, 90 and per cent; sodium, 012 and .008 per cent; iron, 566 and 389 ppm, mangneses, 186 and 95 ppm, zinc, 13.4 and 18.4 ppm; copper, 1.7 and ppm; cobalt, .1 and .08 ppm and molydenum .55 and .49 ppm, respectively. The values were influenced by season and by burning the native pasture. In the dry season nitrogen and phosphorus increased in native grass but decresed in molasses grass. In both grasses calcium and magnesium decreased while potassium.

Book Effects of Monensin Supplementation and Wheat Pasture Maturity on Forage Intake and Digestion Characteristics of Cows Grazing Winter Wheat Pasture

Download or read book Effects of Monensin Supplementation and Wheat Pasture Maturity on Forage Intake and Digestion Characteristics of Cows Grazing Winter Wheat Pasture written by Ulises A. Sanchez-Sandoval and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight Angus cross-bred cows (669 ± 23.2 kg of BW) fitted with duodenal and ruminal cannulas grazing winter wheat pasture (WWP) were used in a split-plot design to evaluate the effects of monensin supplementation and WWP stage of maturity on forage intake, digestive function, metabolizable protein, and ruminal fermentation. Supplemental treatment was the main plot, and stage of maturity was the subplot. Two levels of monensin supplementation: 1) Control (CON; 1.0 kgcow−1d−1 of wheat middling only), and 2) monensin (MON; CON plus 200 mg of monensin); and two stages of WWP maturity: 2) mid-March (MAR; March 13 to March 26; vegetative stage), and 2) early April) (APR; March 27 to April 8; heading stage) of 2017 were compared in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Cows grazed in a single wheat pasture with supplements deposited directly into their rumens through their rumen cannula at 0700 daily. Monensin supplementation did not affect forage intake (P = 0.64), nutrient flow to duodenum (P ≥ 0.47) or total tract digestion expressed as kg/d (P > 0.45). Although, OM and CP flowing to the duodenum were not affected by monensin supplementation (P ≥ 0.53), microbial OM and microbial CP decreased (P = 0.03) with monensin supplementation. As stage of maturity of WWP advanced, forage intake (P = 0.02), ruminal digestibility of DM and OM (P ≤ 0.05) and total tract digestion expressed as kg/d (P = 0.01) decreased. Also, total duodenal CP (P = 0.01), microbial protein (P = 0.01), and feed protein (bypass protein; P = 0.03) flow decreased with advancing WWP stage of maturity. Monensin supplementation increased (P = 0.01) propionate (18.38, and 20.79 ± 0.55 mol/100 mol), and decreased (P = 0.01) the acetate: propionate ratio (3.26, and 2.73 ± 0.13). Ruminal pH (6.03 and 6.31 ± 0.08), acetate (54.6 and 58.3 ± 0.98 mol/100 mol), and acetate propionate ratio (2.52, and 3.48 ± 0.13) increased (P ≤ 0.04), and propionate (21.9, and 17.3 ± 0.56 mol/100 mol) decreased (P ≤ 0.05) with advancing WWP stage of maturity. Results suggest that monensin increases propionate without affecting forage intake, digestibility or metabolizable protein of cattle grazing WWP. Key words: metabolizable protein, microbial synthesis, monensin, winter wheat pasture

Book Effects of Fishmeal Supplementation on Metabolizable Protein of Beef Cows Grazing Winter Wheat Pasutre

Download or read book Effects of Fishmeal Supplementation on Metabolizable Protein of Beef Cows Grazing Winter Wheat Pasutre written by Jorge A. Rodela and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight ruminally and duodenally cannulated, angus-crossbred cows (665 ± 20.6 kg) grazing winter wheat pasture (WWP) were used in a complete randomized design to evaluate the effects of fish meal (FM) supplementation on forage intake, characteristics of digestion and metabolizable protein of cattle grazing WWP. The experiment was conducted from March 7 through March 19, 2016. Treatments consisted of cows grazing in a single pasture and supplemented with FM to provide: control, no RUP supplement (CON), or FM supplemented at a level calculated to supply 10% of the forage CP intake as RUP (FM). Supplemental FM was placed directly into the rumen cannula once daily at 0700 h. Forage DM, NDF, CP, total OM intake, OM intake expressed as g/kg of BW were not affected (P ≥ 0.44) by FM supplementation. Also, supplemental FM had no effects on microbial protein efficiency (P = 0.34), microbial protein synthesis (P = 0.70), feed protein bypassing rumen fermentation (P = 0.72), or total CP flowing to duodenum (P = 0.07). Moreover, true ruminal, or total tract digestibility of OM, NDF, and CP were not affected (P ≥ 0.38) by FM supplementation. Ruminal pH (6.37, and 6.43 ± 0.09 for CON and FM, respectively), total VFA production (50.2, and 49.7 ± 0.1.74 mM for CON and FM, respectively), acetate (74.4, and 74.6 ± 0.77 mol/100 mol for CON and FM, respectively), propionate (16.7, and 16.1 ± 0.62 mol/100 mol for CON and FM, respectively) and acetate/propionate ratio (4.49 and 4.69 ± 0.22 for CON and FM, respectively) were not affected by FM supplementation (P ≥ 0.49). Although FM supplementation did not decrease forage intake, it failed to improve MP of cows grazing WWP. The results indicate that improvements in performance of cattle grazing WWP should not be expected with supplementing FM at the level supplemented in this experiment

Book The Mineral Nutrition of Livestock

Download or read book The Mineral Nutrition of Livestock written by Eric John Underwood and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an up to date reference work covering all aspects of macro and trace element nutrition in farm livestock. Sufficient information is given on metabolism, functions and interactions to explain why needs, feeds and imbalances are not always easy to define or anticipate. The major emphasis is on the mineral nutrition of ruminant livestock since they are most likely to be affected by imbalances but where pigs and poultry are the more vulnerable, extensive coverage of the non-ruminant is given. This new edition of a highly successful text has been thoroughly revised and significantly expanded. Many chapters have been extensively updated and several chapters on new topics introduced. * Calcium, phosphorus, sodium and potassium are now treated separately * Over 40 new figures are presented, and extensive use made oftables to summarise important data * Chapters on trace elements have been drastically revised * Claims for enhanced availability for new chelated sources arecritically reviewed * Completely new chapters focus on: The unique need of the ruminant for elemental sulphur Occasionally beneficial elements and essentially toxic elements The improved conduct and interpretation of supplementation trials

Book Biofuel Co products as Livestock Feed

Download or read book Biofuel Co products as Livestock Feed written by Harinder P. S. Makkar and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2012 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication covers a wide array of co-products.

Book Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations

Download or read book Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, and other pollutants emitted from livestock and poultry farms, and for determining how these emissions are dispersed in the atmosphere. The committee calls for the EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a joint council to coordinate and oversee short - and long-term research to estimate emissions from animal feeding operations accurately and to develop mitigation strategies. Their recommendation was for the joint council to focus its efforts first on those pollutants that pose the greatest risk to the environment and public health.

Book Beef Cattle Production and Trade

Download or read book Beef Cattle Production and Trade written by Lewis Kahn and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. The remaining chapters summarise R&D, emphasising the Australian experience, and look at different production systems and aspects of animal husbandry such as health, reproduction, grazing, feeding and finishing, genetics and breeding, production efficiency, environmental management and business management. The final chapter examines various case studies in northern and southern Australia, covering feed demand and supply, supplements, pasture management, heifer and weaner management, and management of internal and external parasites.

Book Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle

Download or read book Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle written by Subcommittee on Beef Cattle Nutrition and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-05-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As members of the public becomes more concious of the food they consume and its content, higher standards are expected in the preparation of such food. The updated seventh edition of Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle explores the impact of cattle's biological, production, and environmental diversities, as well as variations on nutrient utilization and requirements. More enhanced than previous editions, this edition expands on the descriptions of cattle and their nutritional requirements taking management and environmental conditions into consideration. The book clearly communicates the current state of beef cattle nutrient requirements and animal variation by visually presenting related data via computer-generated models. Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle expounds on the effects of beef cattle body condition on the state of compensatory growth, takes an in-depth look at the variations in cattle type, and documents the important effects of the environment and stress on food intake. This volume also uses new data on the development of a fetus during pregnancy to prescribe nutrient requirements of gestating cattle more precisely. By focusing on factors such as product quality and environmental awareness, Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle presents standards and advisements for acceptable nutrients in a complete and conventional manner that promotes a more practical understanding and application.

Book Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle

Download or read book Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-02-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used reference has been updated and revamped to reflect the changing face of the dairy industry. New features allow users to pinpoint nutrient requirements more accurately for individual animals. The committee also provides guidance on how nutrient analysis of feed ingredients, insights into nutrient utilization by the animal, and formulation of diets to reduce environmental impacts can be applied to productive management decisions. The book includes a user-friendly computer program on a compact disk, accompanied by extensive context-sensitive "Help" options, to simulate the dynamic state of animals. The committee addresses important issues unique to dairy science-the dry or transition cow, udder edema, milk fever, low-fat milk, calf dehydration, and more. The also volume covers dry matter intake, including how to predict feed intake. It addresses the management of lactating dairy cows, utilization of fat in calf and lactation diets, and calf and heifer replacement nutrition. In addition, the many useful tables include updated nutrient composition for commonly used feedstuffs.

Book Environmental Impacts of Pasture based Farming

Download or read book Environmental Impacts of Pasture based Farming written by Richard W. McDowell and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the different types of grassland farming and their impact on the environment, this book addresses issues facing environmental quality, namely soil, water and air quality and socioeconomic impacts. It also offers a commentary on how the different pastoral sectors influence environmental issues.

Book Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle

Download or read book Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia and the cattle and feed industries in developing and implementing nutritional and feeding programs for beef cattle. The cattle industry has undergone considerable changes since the seventh revised edition was published in 2000 and some of the requirements and recommendations set forth at that time are no longer relevant or appropriate. The eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle builds on the previous editions. A great deal of new research has been published during the past 14 years and there is a large amount of new information for many nutrients. In addition to a thorough and current evaluation of the literature on the energy and nutrient requirements of beef in all stages of life, this volume includes new information about phosphorus and sulfur contents; a review of nutritional and feeding strategies to minimize nutrient losses in manure and reduce greenhouse gas production; a discussion of the effect of feeding on the nutritional quality and food safety of beef; new information about nutrient metabolism and utilization; new information on feed additives that alter rumen metabolism and postabsorptive metabolism; and future areas of needed research. The tables of feed ingredient composition are significantly updated. Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle represents a comprehensive review of the most recent information available on beef cattle nutrition and ingredient composition that will allow efficient, profitable, and environmentally conscious beef production.

Book Ruminant Physiology

Download or read book Ruminant Physiology written by Y. Chilliard and published by Wageningen Academic Pub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the XIth International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology. The papers address ruminant comparative physiology, the rumen ecosystem and metagenomics, nutrient digestion and absorption, methanogenesis, tissue metabolism and gene expression, pregnancy, lactation and growth, adaptation to heat-stress, nitrogen use, nutrition and reproduction, nutrition and welfare and nutrition for sustainable ruminant production.These topics are in line with the current challenges for animal breeding: production efficiency, meat and milk quality, environment (greenhouse gases, nitrogen use), animal welfare and health.The contributions come from research teams in 49 countries of all continents, showing a world-wide interest in ruminant nutrition and physiology. They show the latest techniques and results on ruminant nutrition physiology, including fundamental and integrative approaches, presented in the book on the following sections: (1) Digestion and absorption; (2) Metabolism and hormonal regulations; (3) Nutrition and reproduction; (4) Nutrition and welfare.Proceedings from past ISRP symposia have had a major influence on research and teaching in animal science over the years. Without a doubt, this book, which is of interest to all professionals and researchers who are concerned with ruminant nutrition and physiology, will contribute to this fine tradition.

Book Commercial Poultry Nutrition

Download or read book Commercial Poultry Nutrition written by S. Leeson and published by Nottingham University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a variety of essential topics relating to commercial poultry nutrition and production—including feeding systems and poultry diets—this complete reference is ideal for professionals in the poultry-feed industries, veterinarians, nutritionists, and farm managers. Detailed and accessible, the guide analyzes commercial poultry production at a worldwide level and outlines the importance it holds for maintaining essential food supplies. With ingredient evaluations and diet formulations, the study's compressive models for feeding programs target a wide range of commercially prominent poultry, including laying hens, broiler chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and game birds, among others.

Book Microbiological Advancements for Higher Altitude Agro Ecosystems   Sustainability

Download or read book Microbiological Advancements for Higher Altitude Agro Ecosystems Sustainability written by Reeta Goel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the challenges and opportunities associated with high-altitude agro-ecosystems and the factors that influence them. It discusses the various indigenous agricultural practices and approaches, as well as the microbiology of mountain & hill agro-ecosystems, providing a comprehensive overview of the various factors that control the microbiome at high altitudes. The contributions examine microbiological advances, such as use of “omics” technologies for hill agriculture and environmental sustainability, and explore the use of nanotechnology for agricultural and environmental sustainability at higher altitudes. The book also describes various aspects of low-temperature microbiology in the context of high-altitude farming and environmental sustainability.