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The effects of partial neutralization with sodium bicarbonate or ammonia and the feeding of blood meal on the voluntary intake of a whole-crop barley silage by sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. J. Wllkins
R. J. Wllkins
Affiliation:
The Grassland Research Institute, Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 5LR
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Summary

Silage made from a whole crop of barley was offered to sheep without neutralization or after partial neutralization to pH 5·4 to 5·5 with sodium bicarbonate or ammonia. In a further treatment the un-neutralized silage was supplemented with blood meal administered each day as a drench. Total organic-matter intake and nitrogen retention were significantly higher for the sheep receiving the blood meal supplement than for any of the other treatments, which did not differ significantly one from another. It is suggested that the intake of the un-supplemented silage was limited by a low uptake of amino acids from the intestine.

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Animal Production , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , August 1974 , pp. 87 - 91
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1974

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