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Effect of brewer's grain on rumen fermentation, milk production and milk composition in lactating dairy cows
Author(s) -
MIYAZAWA Kenji,
SULTANA Halima,
HIRATA Teppei,
KANDA Shuhei,
ITABASHI Hisao
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
animal science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.606
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1740-0929
pISSN - 1344-3941
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00471.x
Subject(s) - conjugated linoleic acid , lactose , rumen , food science , silage , hay , chemistry , population , composition (language) , fermentation , bran , lactation , soybean meal , linoleic acid , zoology , biology , fatty acid , biochemistry , pregnancy , raw material , demography , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry , genetics , sociology
Six lactating Holstein cows were divided into two groups ( n = 3) and used in a double reversal trial with three periods of 14 days each to evaluate the rumen fermentation, milk production and milk composition of cows fed brewer's grain (BG). The control diets contained 14% chopped Sudangrass hay, 24% corn silage, 18% alfalfa hay cube, 34% concentrate mixture‐1 and 10% concentrate mixture‐2 (wheat bran, soybean meal and cottonseed). In the experimental diet, wet BG replaced the concentrate mixture‐2. The protozoal population, concentration of ammonia‐N and volatile fatty acids in the ruminal fluid did not differ between the control and BG diets. The molar percentage of acetic acid was significantly higher ( P < 0.05) with the BG diet at 5 h after feeding. The milk yield, the percentage of protein, lactose, solids not‐fat and somatic cell counts of milk did not differ between the two diets. The percentage of milk fat tended to increase with the BG diet. The BG diet significantly increased the proportions of C18:0 and C18:1 in milk fat ( P < 0.01, P < 0.05, respectively) and tended to increase that of conjugated linoleic acid.