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A note on dried, molassed sugar-beet pulp and unmolassed, pressed sugar-beet pulp as comparative foods for dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. J. Parkins ,
R. G. Hemingway  and
J. Fraser
J. J. Parkins
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH
R. G. Hemingway
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH
J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH
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Abstract

Sugar-beet pulp as normally produced in Great Britain contains about 400 g molasses per kg dry matter (DM). It has been demonstrated that either a reduction in the amount or even the full removal of the molasses did not affect the yield or composition of the milk of cows (e.g. Ronning and Bath, 1962; Hemingway, Parkins and Fraser, 1986). The dried, shredded pulp without molasses was, however, generally less palatable.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , October 1986 , pp. 351 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1986

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