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Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 25, No. 4 : 452 - 461 April 2012 www.ajas.info http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2011.11270
Enhancing Mulberry Leaf Meal with Urea by Pelleting to Improve Rumen Fermentation in Cattle N. D. Tan, M. Wanapat*, S. Uriyapongson, A. Cherdthong and R. Pilajun Tropical Feed Resources Research and Development Center (TROFREC), Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand ABSTRACT : Four, ruminally fistulated crossbred (Brahmannative) beef cattle with initial body weight of 42015 kg were randomly assigned according to a 44 Latin square design. The dietary treatments were mulberry leaf pellet (MUP) supplementation at 0, 200, 400 and 600 g/hd/d with rice straw fed to allow ad libitum intake. All steers were kept in individual pens and supplemented with concentrate at 5 g/kg of body weight daily. The experiment was 4 periods, and each lasted 21 d. During the first 14 d, all steers were fed their respective diets ad libitum and during the last 7 d, they were moved to metabolism crates for total urine and fecal collection. It was found that increasing MUP levels resulted in linearly increasing rice straw and total intakes (p
Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 25, No. 4 : 452 - 461 April 2012 www.ajas.info http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2011.11270
Enhancing Mulberry Leaf Meal with Urea by Pelleting to Improve Rumen Fermentation in Cattle N. D. Tan, M. Wanapat*, S. Uriyapongson, A. Cherdthong and R. Pilajun Tropical Feed Resources Research and Development Center (TROFREC), Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand ABSTRACT : Four, ruminally fistulated crossbred (Brahmannative) beef cattle with initial body weight of 42015 kg were randomly assigned according to a 44 Latin square design. The dietary treatments were mulberry leaf pellet (MUP) supplementation at 0, 200, 400 and 600 g/hd/d with rice straw fed to allow ad libitum intake. All steers were kept in individual pens and supplemented with concentrate at 5 g/kg of body weight daily. The experiment was 4 periods, and each lasted 21 d. During the first 14 d, all steers were fed their respective diets ad libitum and during the last 7 d, they were moved to metabolism crates for total urine and fecal collection. It was found that increasing MUP levels resulted in linearly increasing rice straw and total intakes (p
