The effects of cottonseed cake with or without molasses on feed utilization, purine excretion, and milk production of Boran (Bos indicus) cows fed a mixture of wheat and oat straw

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dc.creatorOsuji, P.O.
dc.creatorKhalili, H.
dc.creatorUmunna, N.N.
dc.date1995
dc.date2013-06-11T09:24:39Z
dc.date2013-06-11T09:24:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:48:01Z
dc.descriptionThe effects of 1.35, 1.8, or 2.25 kg dry matter (DM) of cottonseed cake, with (1.85 kg DM) or without molasses, on straw intake, diet digestibility, live-weight change, excretion of purine derivative (PD), and milk production of Boran (Bos indicus) cows were studied. There were no significant (P > 0.05) interactions. Straw intake tended also to decrease from 5.18 to 4.94 kg DM (P < 0.15) with a daily substitution of 107 g kg -1 with increasing levels of cottonseed cake. Molasses increased DM and organic matter (OM: P < 0.01) but decreased crude protein (CP: P < 0.001) and neutral-detergent fibre (NDF: P < 0.01) digestibilities. Molasses (P < 0.05) and increasing levels of cottonseed cake (P < 0.01) in creased daily milk yield from 3.06 to 3.26 and from 2.96 to 3.32 kg, respectively. Molasses increased live-weight by 300 g day - 1 (P < 0.05). Increased levels of cottonseed cake caused a live-weight change of 69g to 467 g day - 1 (P < 0.05). A supply of microbial-N increased (P < 0.01) in molasses diets but microbial-N production kg - 1 digestible OM was not affected by treatments (P > 0.05).
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/29728
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/133499
dc.languageen
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceTropical Agriculture;72(1): 63-69
dc.subjectcows
dc.subjectzebu cattle
dc.subjectfeed conversion efficiency
dc.subjectmilk production
dc.subjectwheat straw
dc.subjectoats
dc.subjectmolasses
dc.subjectcottonseed
dc.subjectoilseed cakes
dc.subjectpurines
dc.subjectweight
dc.titleThe effects of cottonseed cake with or without molasses on feed utilization, purine excretion, and milk production of Boran (Bos indicus) cows fed a mixture of wheat and oat straw
dc.typeJournal Article

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