Sodium bicarbonate and sodium bentonite supplements for cattle fed corn or sorghum silages
Date
2010-12-10
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Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract
Supplementing forage sorghum silage rations with sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3 ) improved performance of growing cattle over the control supplement. However, neither NaHCO 3 nor sodium bentonite supplementation to corn silage rations improved cattle performance.
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Beef, Sodium bicarbonate, Sodium bentonite, Corn silage, Sorghum silage