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Ammonia treated straw in diets for finishing beef cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

M Selman
Affiliation:
ADAS, Gleadthorpe EHF, Meden Vale, Mansfield, NottinghamshireNG20 9PF
Jill F B Altman
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, HertsAL5 2JQ
R Knight
Affiliation:
Formerly ADAS, Nutrition Chemistry Dept., Shardlow Hall, Shardlow, Derby DE7 2GN now with B.P. Nutrition, Agricultural Division, Wincham, Northwich, CheshireCW9 6DF
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In the absence of information on the value of treated straw as a component of the diets of finishing cattle a series of experiments was started in January 1982 to compare diets containing differing proportions of rolled mineralised barley (B) and treated spring barley straw (T) with a control ration of 75% mineralised barley (with extracted soya bean meal supplement (s)) and 25% untreated spring barley straw (U). Two treatments remained common throughout but the others were changed to widen the scope of the investigation. Fishmeal supplementation (F) was introduced as an additional factor in the third trial.

Type
Beef Production
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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