An investigation of factors influencing nutrient loss from absorbent materials during ensiling
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 November 2017
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Including dry feed materials (absorbents) with grass at ensiling has been shown to reduce effluent output and improve silage fermentation (Offer and Al-Rwidah, 1989) although the effects of this practice on animal performance have been somewhat variable (Ferris and Mayne, 1990; Jones, Jones and Moseley, 1990). However little is known about the fate of these absorbents during ensilage or the effects of ensiling upon their chemical composition. The aim of this investigation, which was part of a large scale dairy cow production study was to examine the nutrient recovery and compositional changes occurring with unmolassed sugar-beet pulp (SBP) when ensiled with grass at three levels of inclusion.
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