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The effect of harvest date and inoculation on the voluntary intake and in vivo digestibility of kale silage by sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

M.D. Fraser ,
R. Fychan ,
S.T. Evans ,
M.H.M. Speijers  and
R. Jones
M.D. Fraser
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
R. Fychan
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
S.T. Evans
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
M.H.M. Speijers
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
R. Jones
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
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Using new harvesting and ensiling technologies it is now possible to successfully ensile kale, thereby conserving the crop at the optimum time to achieve the best compromise between quality and quantity (Young et al., 1997). However, previous work with kale has concentrated on its value as a grazed crop, and consequently there is little information available regarding the optimum time for harvesting. The aim of this experiment was to compare the voluntary intake and in vivo digestibility by sheep of kale silage prepared at two different stages of growth, and to determine whether the use of an inoculant influenced nutritional quality.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 96
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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Young, N., Patey, R., Jones, R. and Fychan, R. (1997) Kale for conservation. IGER Technical Advisory Report No. 1, IGER, Aberystwyth.Google Scholar