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Evaluation of seed hardness and malting characteristics of barley grain for use in ruminant diets
DownloadSpring 2015
In Western Canada, over 70% of the barley grain grown for malt is sold as livestock feed. The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between ruminal dry matter digestibility (DMD) and seed hardness (SH) and malting characteristics (MC) of barley grain by measuring in...
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Spring 2017
Ruminants have the capacity to utilize fibrous plant materials as substrates to provide energy for maintenance and growth. However, digestion of poor quality forage is incomplete in ruminants and varies among individual animals. Consequently, two studies were conducted in an attempt to elucidate...