Abstract
Effects of whole-crop barley and grass silages harvested at different maturity stages, with or without protein supplementation, on intake, in vivo digestibility, feces characteristics, and protein utilization in wethers were evaluated. Whole-crop barley silage harvested at heading stage (BH) and at medium milk stage (BM), grass silage (GE) taken at the flag leaf-early heading stage, and grass silage (GL) taken at medium-late heading stage were fed to eight wethers in two 4 × 4 Latin squares. Wethers in one square were fed supplementary rapeseed meal. Experimental periods lasted for 4 wk and wethers were fed ad libitum during the first 3 wk, with intake recorded during the third week. During the fourth week, wethers were fed 80% of ad libitum, and feces and urine were collected during the last 4 d. The GE and BH diets had greater (P < 0.05) in vivo apparent digestibility of DM and its nutrients, lower proportion of fecal particle DM (PDM) with a greater proportion of small particles compared with GL and BM diets, respectively. The GE diet had greater (P < 0.001) in vitro OM digestibility and in vivo digestibility of OM and fibre, resulting in a smaller (P < 0.001) proportion of PDM with a greater (P < 0.001) proportion of small ...Continue Reading
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