Ruminal in situ nutrient disappearance from alfalfa and cottonseed hulls in goats fed dried distillers grains uri icon

abstract

  • Four mature, ruminally cannulated wether goats (Boer Spanish) were arranged in a 4 4 Latin square design experiment and consecutively assigned to one of four complete isonitrogenous and isoenergetic pelleted treatment rations with 0, 6.6, 13.2, or 20% DDG. Alfalfa and cottonseed hulls (CSH) were incubated in situ for 0, 4, 8, 16, 24, 48 and 96 h and analyzed for dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) disappearance.Replacing up to 20% of the diet with DDG did not affect ruminal in situ alfalfa or CSH disappearance. Further research is needed to determine the maximum levels of DDG inclusion in goat diets for optimal nutrient utilization.

published proceedings

  • Livestock Research for Rural Development

author list (cited authors)

  • Allphin, R. A., Lambert, B. D., Whitney, T. R., & Muir, J. P.

complete list of authors

  • Allphin, RA||Lambert, BD||Whitney, TR||Muir, JP

publication date

  • October 2012