Abstract
We evaluated the potential of several commercially available proteases for use in predicting the undegradable intake protein (UIP) concentrations o f alfalfa and prairie hay. Protease s differed in their estimates o f the rate of forage protein breakdown an d the amounts of different forage protein fractions . At least one protease appeared to yield acceptable predictions of UIP via a short-term, single time-point assay. Assays of this type deserve further consideration for commercial application.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1997, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 97-309-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 783, Beef, Protein degradability, Proteases, Forages
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Abdelgadir, I., Cochran, R., Vanzant, E. & Titgemeyer, E. C., (1997) “Estimating the undegradable intake protein content of two forages by different commercial proteases”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 73-75. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1944
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