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Intensive beef production 6. A note on the nutritive value of high moisture barley stored anaerobically

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

T. R. Preston ,
H. B. Bowers ,
N. A. MacLeod  and
Euphemia B. Phillip
T. R. Preston
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksbum, Aberdeen
H. B. Bowers
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksbum, Aberdeen
N. A. MacLeod
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksbum, Aberdeen
Euphemia B. Phillip
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksbum, Aberdeen
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The use of barley for intensive beef production, as described by Preston, Aitken, Whitelaw, Macdearmid, MacLeod and Philip (1963) is now a well established practice, but one of the hazards of this feeding system is bloat. There is evidence that the risk of this condition is accentuated if the barley husk is broken down too finely as happens if the grain is ground (Preston, Macdearmid and MacLeod, 1963; Preston, 1964). It was therefore recommended that barley should be processed in a roller mill and that the moisture content should be at least 16% (Preston, 1963), for if the grain is drier than this it is difficult to prevent excessive shattering and destruction of the husk. Suitable containers, which can be sealed in order to ensure anaerobic conditions and so overcome the problem of storing damp grain (greater than 16% moisture) have additional advantages at harvest since they can be filled quickly and easily. The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the nutritive value of barley stored under these conditions.

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Animal Production , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , October 1965 , pp. 385 - 387
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1965

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