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Liquid supplements are nutrient-dense, and serve as excellent carriers for additives. Traditional liquid feeds, delivered in self-fed lick wheel feeders or directly applied to harvested forages, of er their own set of nutritional, practical, and economic benefi ts to cow/calf producers.
Liquid feeds are often fed to cattle grazing poor-quality standing pasture, range or crop residues. Nitrogen supplied by urea and other NPN sources is usually added to increase the low nitrogen concentrations in many molasses-based liquid feeds.
29 wrz 2008 · Liquid feed supplements are ideal when you wish to maintain or control liveweight loss in dry breeding cows or target less than 0.4 kg LWG (liveweight gain) in dry cattle. Liquid feed supplements all require more than 1200 kg DM pasture/crop stubble on offer and digestibility between 50%–55% DOMD.
29 sie 2022 · Feed supplementation is a powerful tool to adjust nitrogen (N) levels in the diet of ruminants during critical periods. Urea is commonly used as a source of non-protein nitrogen in molasses supplements. This dietary protein provides amino acids as well as nitrogen for microbial protein synthesis.
15 lip 2024 · The use of SRU in diets with a high content of insoluble nitrogen increased early in lactation in high-yielding lactating cows compared to the average amount of urea equivalent in terms of nitrogen, milk fat, protein, and output energy, while in the middle of lactation, it had a limited effect.
The liquid feed industry was born to meet a couple of different needs. One, to provide a convenient, economical means of supplementing the nutritional needs of cattle. Two, to utilize a growing supply of liquid by-products from a host of feed and grain processes.
1 dzień temu · Cattle can be fed fibrous feeds with lower energy and protein content to maintain body weight while lactating and raising calves or concentrate feeds with higher nutrient digestibility for rapid growth. For more information regarding beef cattle nutrition, contact Frank Wardynski, MSU Extension educator at 906-884-4386 or wardynsk@msu.edu.