Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught

Forty F1 crossbred dairy cows, 20 Friesian x Boran and 20 Simmental x Boran, in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (non working-non supplemented, non working-supplemented, working-non supplemented, and working-supplemented) were used to study the effect of work and diet supplementation on roughage intake...

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Autores principales: Zerbini, E., Gemeda, T., Gebre-Wold, A., Demissie, D.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Ethiopian Society of Animal Production 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50458
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author Zerbini, E.
Gemeda, T.
Gebre-Wold, A.
Demissie, D.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
Gemeda, T.
Zerbini, E.
author_facet Zerbini, E.
Gemeda, T.
Gebre-Wold, A.
Demissie, D.
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description Forty F1 crossbred dairy cows, 20 Friesian x Boran and 20 Simmental x Boran, in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (non working-non supplemented, non working-supplemented, working-non supplemented, and working-supplemented) were used to study the effect of work and diet supplementation on roughage intake, digestibility of nutrients, and nitrogen balance. Dry matter intake were greater for working than non working cows. Work and supplementation increased dry matter and organic matter in vivo digestibility. Passage rate and rumen mean retention of Cr-mordanted hay were similar for working and non working cows. Liquid turnover rate was lower and rumen liquid mean retention time was greater in working than non working cows whether supplemented or not. Nitrogen balance was negative for non supplemented cows during working periods compared to the same cows during rest periods. This seems to reflect mainly greater urine nitrogen excretion in working supplemented cows. Digesta kinetics could explain only partially the possible mechanisms responsible for greater roughage intake and digestibility in working cows.
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spelling CGSpace504582016-05-30T17:53:06Z Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught Zerbini, E. Gemeda, T. Gebre-Wold, A. Demissie, D. cows crossbreds work diet feed intake nitrogen digestibility draught animals chemical composition Forty F1 crossbred dairy cows, 20 Friesian x Boran and 20 Simmental x Boran, in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement (non working-non supplemented, non working-supplemented, working-non supplemented, and working-supplemented) were used to study the effect of work and diet supplementation on roughage intake, digestibility of nutrients, and nitrogen balance. Dry matter intake were greater for working than non working cows. Work and supplementation increased dry matter and organic matter in vivo digestibility. Passage rate and rumen mean retention of Cr-mordanted hay were similar for working and non working cows. Liquid turnover rate was lower and rumen liquid mean retention time was greater in working than non working cows whether supplemented or not. Nitrogen balance was negative for non supplemented cows during working periods compared to the same cows during rest periods. This seems to reflect mainly greater urine nitrogen excretion in working supplemented cows. Digesta kinetics could explain only partially the possible mechanisms responsible for greater roughage intake and digestibility in working cows. 1995 2014-10-31T06:09:15Z 2014-10-31T06:09:15Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50458 en Limited Access Ethiopian Society of Animal Production
spellingShingle cows
crossbreds
work
diet
feed intake
nitrogen
digestibility
draught animals
chemical composition
Zerbini, E.
Gemeda, T.
Gebre-Wold, A.
Demissie, D.
Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught
title Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught
title_full Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught
title_fullStr Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught
title_full_unstemmed Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught
title_short Effect of work and diet on dry matter intake, feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of F1 crossbred cows used for draught
title_sort effect of work and diet on dry matter intake feed digestibility and nitrogen balance of f1 crossbred cows used for draught
topic cows
crossbreds
work
diet
feed intake
nitrogen
digestibility
draught animals
chemical composition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50458
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