A trial was conducted to evaluate whether the addition of commercial enzyme preparations containing carbohydrases and a protease would increase the available metabolizable energy (ME) of maize-soya-based broiler diets. Seven thousand five hundred and sixty (7560) day-old Ross 788 chicks…
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of four sources of starch on milk production and composition, nutrient digestion and blood metabolites of lactating Holstein cows. Four multiparous Holstein cows (708 ± 70 kg of body weight;…
Maize cobs with grains were harvested at a relatively high moisture content (23%) from the field in northern New South Wales, Australia. The cobs were divided into four categories and dried in the sun or artificially in a forced draft…
A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary replacement of maize with popcorn waste (PW) on the intake, nutrient digestibility and growth performance of lambs. Diets replacing 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% maize with PW were formulated…
Two groups of nine animals each, were fed either a conventional diet based on ground maize or whole maize and roughage protein - additive - mineral pellets in a cafeteria system. Both groups were fed ad libitum for a period…
Two experiments were conducted, (1) to determine the effect of the polyphenol content of sorghum on nitrogen and energy digestibility and (2)to compare a high polyphenol content class KF sorghum cultivar (BPS)and a low polyphenol content class KM cultivar (NS)…
The effect of supplementing a diet of wheat straw plus urea with either 0, 100 or 200 g/d cottonseed oilcake meal .(CSM) in combination with either 0, 100 or 200 g/d whole maize on wool and carcass growth of SA…
An experiment was conducted to evaluate a hetero-yellow endosperm sorghum cultivar (G766W) in comparison to a low-tannin (GL) sorghum cultivar as well as maize in a growth trial using pigs. The digestible energy (DE) content of the experimental diets as…
Effect of substituting maize meal with rolled and whole maize respectively, in a finishing diet for beef cattle containing 20% maize silage (dry matter basis), was investigated. The inclusion of whole maize in a diet without silage was also investigated.…
Comparison of enriched barley, wheat, triticale and maize for the fattening of early-weaned lambs. Alkali-ionophoreenriched barley, wheat, triticale and maize were evaluated as diets for the fattening of early-weaned (ca 10 weeks) SA Mutton Merino lambs kept under feedlot conditions.…
Two maize milling by-products (maize gluten feed; MGF and maize by-product feed; MBPF) were compared with shelled maize (SM) and soyabean meal (SBM) for their in situ nutrient disappearance. In situ experiments were conducted in two rumen fistulated Holstein cows…
This trial was conducted to test the hypothesis that early lactation cows grazing ryegrass pasture and receiving maize and mineral supplementation could respond to additional supplementation with a protein source such as fish meal. Multiparous Jersey cows in early to…
Thermo-ammoniated maize residues supplemented with 1% urea (Diet 2) or 4.5% fish-meal (Diet 3) and untreated maize residues supplemented with 2% urea (Diet 1), were compared on an isonitrogenous base. The in vitro dry matter digestibility for Diets I, 2…
Grains from five triticale cultivars on the South African market (Usgen 7; 10; 14; 18; 19) were compared with each other and to maize in enriched mixtures for lambs in a feedlot. The grain was enriched by adding 12% of…
