Abstract
This study investigated the degradability of corn silage (CS) and Leymus chinensis silage (LS) in vitro, and evaluated the effect of various ratios on growth performance, digestion and serum parameters in beef cattle. A 72-hr bath culture trial was performed to evaluate degradability and rumen fermentation characteristics of CS, LS and their combinations [67:33, 33:67, dry matter (DM) basis]. Forty Simmental steers, averaging 441.46 ± 4.45 kg of body weight (BW), were randomly allocated into four dietary treatments for 120-d period. Diets were given as total mixed rations with a forage-to-concentrate ratio of 60:40 and CS:LS ratios of 100:0, 67:33, 33:67 and 0:100 (DM basis). The in vitro trial showed that DM and neutral detergent fibre (NDF) degradability decreased linearly as LS proportion increased, whereas CP degradability increased linearly. Additionally, increased acid detergent fibre (ADF) degradability was detected at 48 hr of incubation. Increasing the proportion of LS increased rumen liquor pH and decreased volatile fatty acid linearly including acetate, propionate and butyrate, whereas the ammonia-N increased linearly at 12 and 72 hr of incubation. With increasing LS ratio, final BW, average daily gain and feed conve...Continue Reading
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