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Validity of prediction of silage metabolisable energy concentration using digestible organic matter in total dry matter as a sole predictor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

T. Yan  and
R. E. Agnew
T. Yan
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland BT26 6DR, UK
R. E. Agnew
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland BT26 6DR, UK
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AFRC (1993) recommends a factor of 16 to calculate metabolisable energy (ME) concentration in a grass silage from its digestible organic matter (DOM) in total dry matter (DM) (DOMD), irrespective of variations in the concentrations of other nutrients (crude protein (CP), carbohydrate and lipid) in DOM. The objective of the present study was to examine the effect of silage quality on the relationship between ME concentration and DOMD in grass silages.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 124
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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References

Agricultural and Food Research Council 1993. Energy and protein requirements of ruminants. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.Google Scholar