Assessing nutrient composition and digestibility of tallgrass-prairie hay
dc.citation.epage | 57 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 53 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cochran, R.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Olson, K. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Titgemeyer, Evan C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, Timothy J. | |
dc.contributor.authoreid | kcolson | en_US |
dc.contributor.authoreid | etitgeme | en_US |
dc.contributor.authoreid | tjones | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-07T17:50:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-07T17:50:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-09-07T17:50:04Z | |
dc.date.published | 1996 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | 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). The relationships of various forage chemical components to diet organic matter digestibility (OMD) were examined using simple, linear regression. There was a close relationship between OMD and ADF (r 2 = .62; OMD = .822 [ADF] + 96.47). In addition, the ratio of xylose:glucose (r2 = .62; OMD = 41.93[X:G] + 94.14) explained significant amounts of the variation in OMD. Defining the chemical composition of bluestem hay may be of value in predicting organic matter digestibility and, ultimately, energetic value. | en_US |
dc.description.conference | Cattlemen's Day, 1996, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 1, 1996 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4854 | |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Cattlemen’s Day, 1996 | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 96-334-S | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 756 | en_US |
dc.subject | Beef | en_US |
dc.subject | Hay digestibility | en_US |
dc.subject | Hay chemical composition | en_US |
dc.subject | Forage | en_US |
dc.title | Assessing nutrient composition and digestibility of tallgrass-prairie hay | en_US |
dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |