Abstract
Including 40% wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) in the diet increased total tract digestion of organic matter and neutral detergent fiber (P<0.01), reduced total volatile fatty acid concentration (P<0.01), increased rumen NH3 concentration (P<0.01), increased rumen pH, and tended (P<0.06) to increase total tract digestion of starch. Furthermore, WCGF increased rumen passage rate of solid digesta (P<0.01) compared to diets containing no WCGF. Limit feeding reduced total tract digestion of organic matter and neutral detergent fiber (P<0.01), decreased total volatile fatty acid concentration (P<0.01), increased rumen NH3 concentration (P<.01), increased rumen pH at 0 and 12 hours after feeding, reduced rumen pH at 4 hours after feeding, and increased rumen liquid passage rate (P<0.02).
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 2001, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 01-318-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 873, Beef, Wet corn gluten feed, Limit feeding, Digestibility, Passage rate
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Montgomery, S. P., Sindt, J., Farran, T., Pike, N., Coetzer, C., Trater, A., Higgins, J. J., Drouillard, J. S. & Titgemeyer, E. C., (2001) “Effects of wet corn gluten feed and intake level on diet digestibility and rumen passage rate in steers”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(1), 80-82. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1736
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