Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle
Maize stover is the most abundant crop residue in Kenya (Methu et al., 1996). Like other cereal crop residues, maize stover is characterised by low digestibility and low crude protein. Use of ammonia to upgrade barley and wheat straw is practised in temperate countries, but in the tropics, treatment...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Conference Paper |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
British Society of Animal Science
1998
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51287 |
| _version_ | 1855543678081171456 |
|---|---|
| author | Methu, J.N. Owen, E. Abate, A. Tanner, J.C. Scarr, M.J. |
| author_browse | Abate, A. Methu, J.N. Owen, E. Scarr, M.J. Tanner, J.C. |
| author_facet | Methu, J.N. Owen, E. Abate, A. Tanner, J.C. Scarr, M.J. |
| author_sort | Methu, J.N. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | Maize stover is the most abundant crop residue in Kenya (Methu et al., 1996). Like other cereal crop residues, maize stover is characterised by low digestibility and low crude protein. Use of ammonia to upgrade barley and wheat straw is practised in temperate countries, but in the tropics, treatment with urea to generate ammonia has been the method advocated for crop residues such as rice straw (Schiere and Ibrahim, 1989). There is need to develop information concerning treatment of maize stover for countries where maize stover is the most common crop residue. The aim of the work Reported here was to develop such information and to investigate the performance of dairy cattle fed urea treated maize stover. Chopping of maize stover is often practised in Kenya, but there is no documented information on whether this is worthwhile. Therefore the effect of urea treatment and chopping were investigated. |
| format | Conference Paper |
| id | CGSpace51287 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 1998 |
| publishDateRange | 1998 |
| publishDateSort | 1998 |
| publisher | British Society of Animal Science |
| publisherStr | British Society of Animal Science |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace512872021-08-09T08:04:02Z Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle Methu, J.N. Owen, E. Abate, A. Tanner, J.C. Scarr, M.J. dairy cattle zea mays stover urea feed processing feed composition feed intake milk yield Maize stover is the most abundant crop residue in Kenya (Methu et al., 1996). Like other cereal crop residues, maize stover is characterised by low digestibility and low crude protein. Use of ammonia to upgrade barley and wheat straw is practised in temperate countries, but in the tropics, treatment with urea to generate ammonia has been the method advocated for crop residues such as rice straw (Schiere and Ibrahim, 1989). There is need to develop information concerning treatment of maize stover for countries where maize stover is the most common crop residue. The aim of the work Reported here was to develop such information and to investigate the performance of dairy cattle fed urea treated maize stover. Chopping of maize stover is often practised in Kenya, but there is no documented information on whether this is worthwhile. Therefore the effect of urea treatment and chopping were investigated. 1998 2014-10-31T06:22:22Z 2014-10-31T06:22:22Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51287 en Limited Access British Society of Animal Science |
| spellingShingle | dairy cattle zea mays stover urea feed processing feed composition feed intake milk yield Methu, J.N. Owen, E. Abate, A. Tanner, J.C. Scarr, M.J. Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| title | Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| title_full | Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| title_fullStr | Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| title_short | Urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| title_sort | urea treatment of maize stover for dairy cattle |
| topic | dairy cattle zea mays stover urea feed processing feed composition feed intake milk yield |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51287 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT methujn ureatreatmentofmaizestoverfordairycattle AT owene ureatreatmentofmaizestoverfordairycattle AT abatea ureatreatmentofmaizestoverfordairycattle AT tannerjc ureatreatmentofmaizestoverfordairycattle AT scarrmj ureatreatmentofmaizestoverfordairycattle |