Hostname: page-component-5b777bbd6c-v47t2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-06-24T08:17:14.489Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

An examination of rate of nitrogen fertiliser, date of harvest and additive treatment on degradability of grass silage in the rumen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

T.W.J. Keady ,
C.S. Mayne  and
A Fitzpatrick
T.W.J. Keady
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6DR, Northern Ireland
C.S. Mayne
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6DR, Northern Ireland
A Fitzpatrick
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, Northern Ireland
Get access

Extract

Grass silage forms the basal forage for the majority of beef and dairy cattle during the winter indoor feeding period. Previous studies undertaken at this Institute have clearly indicated that the major factors affecting the feed value of grass silage are the date of harvest, rate of fertiliser nitrogen (N) application and additive treatment. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of rate of N fertiliser application, harvest date and additive treatment on in-sacco degradation characteristics of grass silage.

Type
Poster Presentations
Information
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 90
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Keady, T.W.J., Mayne, C.S. and Fitzpatrick, D.A. 2000. An evaluation of the effects of rate of nitrogen fertilisation and stage of maturity on rumen degradability of grass. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science (This meeting).CrossRefGoogle Scholar