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The effects of postruminal supplements of casein and of soya-protein isolate with or without additional amino acids on silage intake and milk production in dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

Jai-Jun Choung
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL
David G. Chamberlain
Affiliation:
Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL
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When the proteins are given direct into the abomasum of dairy cows receiving diets based on grass silage, casein produces much greater responses of milk production than do equivalent amounts of soya-protein (Choung and Chamberlain 1991a, b). However, the cause of these differences of response is not known. In feeding trials, supplementation of silage diets containing soya bean meal with rumen-protected forms of the amino acids thought to be most limiting, methionine and lysine, has been without effect (Girdler et al 1988).

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Rumen Metabolism
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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