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The effect of replacement of concentrate by fodder beet on rumen fermentation and VFA production in steer cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D.G. McIlmoyle ,
D.C. Patterson  and
F.J. Gordon
D.G. McIlmoyle
Affiliation:
Country Wide, Country Wide House, Bradford Road, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8LQ, UK
D.C. Patterson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6DR, UK
F.J. Gordon
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6DR, UK
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In a previous experiment in this series fodder beet was substituted for a major proportion of the concentrate supplement in a high concentrate diet with lactating dairy cows. The diets were offered at a restricted level of feeding and a major depression in the concentration of fat in milk was obtained with the concentrate diet (McIlmoyle et al., 2001). It was the objective of the present experiment to examine the effects of diet composition, namely fodder beet versus concentrate in a silage based diet and level of feeding, namely restricted versus ad libitum feeding on rumen fermentation.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 118
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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McIlmoyle, D.G., Patterson, D.C. and Kilpatrick, D.J. 2001. The effect of fodder beet inclusion on milk production and energy utilisation of grass silage based diets by lactating dairy cattle. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, p.5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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