NaOH wheat silage and alfalfa haylage for growing steers and heifers

dc.citation.epage25en_US
dc.citation.spage22en_US
dc.contributor.authorBolsen, K.
dc.contributor.authorIlg, H.
dc.contributor.authorNuwanyakpa, M.
dc.contributor.authorHoover, J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-27T14:07:39Z
dc.date.available2011-01-27T14:07:39Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-27
dc.date.published1982en_US
dc.description.abstractWheat silage, with and without sodium hydroxide (NaOH), was fed, with or without alfalfa haylage, in an 80-day growing trial. Calves fed NaOH-silage consumed 18% more feed and gained 16% faster than those fed control silage, but feed efficiencies were similar. When 50% of the wheat silage was replaced with alfalfa haylage (DM basis), gains decreased 3.1 and 3.7%, feed intake increased 12.3 and 9.7%, and feed efficiency decreased 23.7 and 14.4% for calves fed control and NaOH silages, respectively. NaOH increased ensiling temperatures by 9 to 12° C during the first 6 weeks. Dry matter recovery from the concrete stave silos was similar for both silages (82.1% for control and 83.9% for NaOH); recoveries from buried bags were 92.3 and 89.5%. NaOH wheat silage was more stable in air than was either control wheat silage or alfalfa haylage.en_US
dc.description.conferenceCattlemen's Day, 1982, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 5, 1982en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/7090
dc.publisherKansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relation.isPartOfCattlemen’s Day, 1982en_US
dc.relation.isPartOfReport of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station); 413en_US
dc.subjectBeefen_US
dc.subjectSodium hydroxideen_US
dc.subjectWheat silageen_US
dc.subjectAlfalfa haylageen_US
dc.subjectSteersen_US
dc.subjectHeifersen_US
dc.titleNaOH wheat silage and alfalfa haylage for growing steers and heifersen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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