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Effects of variety, fertiliser nitrogen and sowing date on the rumen degradation of oat straw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

A. R. Moss ,
D. I. Givens ,
M. R. Islam  and
E. Owen
A. R. Moss
Affiliation:
Feed Evaluation and Nutritional Sciences, ADAS Dairy Research Centre, Alcester Road, Stratford-on-Avon CV37 9RQ, United Kingdom
D. I. Givens
Affiliation:
Feed Evaluation and Nutritional Sciences, ADAS Dairy Research Centre, Alcester Road, Stratford-on-Avon CV37 9RQ, United Kingdom
M. R. Islam
Affiliation:
Feed Evaluation and Nutritional Sciences, ADAS Dairy Research Centre, Alcester Road, Stratford-on-Avon CV37 9RQ, United Kingdom Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 2AT, United Kingdom
E. Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 2AT, United Kingdom
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There are currently about 0.29 x 106t of oat straw available for feeding in the UK and although this is much less than for other cereals, there are indications that oat straw is of higher nutritional quality (see Givens and Moss, 1995). There is increasing interest in the use of oats and naked oats in human foods and the quantities of oat straw are likely to increase. Whilst some earlier work (Tuah et al., 1986) showed that variety of oat could influence the nutritive value of its straw, there has been no systematic study of the effect of agronomic factors such as sowing date, fertiliser use etc. This experiment examined these issues.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1997 , 1997 , pp. 77
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1997

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