Effects of corn vs. corn plus wheat in forage-based diets containing broiler litter on feed intake, ruminal digesta characteristics and digestion in cattle

Patil, A. R.; Goetsch, A.L.; Kouakou, B.; Galloway, D. L.; Forster, L.A.; Park, K.K.

doi:10.1016/0377-8401(95)00788-o

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“…However, others are of the contention that the physical and chemical nature of broiler litter is conducive to a lack of rumen stimulation with low saliva flow and voluntary intake Rossi et al, 1996), and to bloat in cattle (Ruffin & McCaskey, 1998). Patil et al (1995) suggested that the passage rate of ruminal digesta of diets containing high levels of broiler litter (viz. 50%) is low when dietary roughage levels are low, resulting in low feed intake.…”

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“…The difference between the particle size of litter used in this study (representative of the South African product) and the USA samples could be the result of different broiler rearing practices. In the USA five to six batches of broilers are commonly reared in a house before the litter is removed Patil et al, 1995;Rude & Rankins, 1997), while in South Africa broiler houses are usually cleaned after each batch of birds.…”

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Effect of dietary molasses on the site and extent of digestion of nutrients in sheep fed broiler litter

Mavimbela¹,

Ryssen

2001

SA J. An. Sci.

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The aim of this experiment was to determine the site and extent of digestion of nutrients in sheep fed broiler litter alone (100% litter treatment), broiler litter plus 7.5% sugarcane molasses (92.5% litter treatment) and broiler litter plus 15% molasses (85% litter treatment). Voluntary intake was increased by molasses, apparently due to an increased rate of passage of digesta through the digestive tract. This resulted in a shift in the site of disappearance of organic matter (OM) from the rumen towards the lower digestive tract. For the 100 and 92.5% litter treatments, 0.37 and 0.46 of dietary OM disappeared in the rumen respectively, compared to 0.21 for the 85% litter treatment, while 0.16, 0.08 and 0.35 of dietary OM disappeared in the small intestine for the 100, 92.5 and 85% litter diets respectively. In the case of the 85% litter treatment, 0.26 of dietary nitrogen (N) disappeared in the rumen and 0.45 in the small intestine, compared to 0.55 and 0.62 in the rumen and 0.18 and 0.11 in the small intestine for the 100 and 92.5% litter diets respectively. There were no differences between treatments for total tract apparent digestibility of N (0.73) and OM (0.65-0.73), rumen degradability of N (71-87%) or concentration of ammonia-N in rumen fluid (53 mg/100 ml). It was concluded that the addition of molasses might be advantageous when the intake of litter is restricted or when voluntary intake of litter is unacceptably low.

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confidence: 99%