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1996; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 96-334-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 756; Beef; Hay digestibility; Hay chemical composition; Forage
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Assessing Nutrient Composition And Digestibility Of Tallgrass-Prairie Hay, R.C. Cochran, K. C. Olson, Evan C. Titgemeyer, Timothy J. Jones
Assessing Nutrient Composition And Digestibility Of Tallgrass-Prairie Hay, R.C. Cochran, K. C. Olson, Evan C. Titgemeyer, Timothy J. Jones
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Thirteen steers were used in a 4 13 incomplete Latin square to determine chemical composition and digestibility for 13 samples of tallgrass prairie hay. Hays were collected from a variety of locations in east-central Kansas and represented a wide array of harvest dates and storage conditions. Steers were fed prairie hay and soybean meal at 1.5% and .2% of body weight, respectively, to equalize intakes relative to body weight and prevent degradable intake protein (DIP) from limiting extent of digestion. Prairie hay samples were analyze d for N, ADIN, ADF, NDF, ADIA, monosaccharides (sugars), and alkali-labile phenolic acids (lignin components). …