Undigested NDF – What Do We Know?
Rick Grant William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute Fiber Group Continues its Work An informal “Fiber Group” has been working on improving our ability to model rumen fiber turnover. The group...
View ArticleForage NDFd Variability and the Cow Response
Rick Grant William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute Chazy, NY 12921 Recently, I was asked the question of whether you should worry about day-to-day variation in forage NDF digestibility. Like...
View ArticleDigestion Takes Time
David R. Mertens, Ph.D, Mertens Innovations & Research LLC Understanding digestion kinetics is relevant because time and potential extent of digestion are becoming crucial limitations for...
View ArticleHeat Stress and Forage Feeding Approaches
Rick Grant William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute Summer’s heat and humidity are just around the corner. We need to be prepared with effective heat abatement systems that will cool our cows...
View ArticleUsing Amaferm to Manage Heat Stress
Howard Jensen, DVM, MS, ACAN BioZyme, Inc Heat stress is just around the corner and despite the advances in environmental cooling, it continues to cost the dairy industry millions of dollars every...
View ArticleIndigestible Residue Part I – What is it? Why does it occur?
by David R. Mertens, PhD Mertens Innovations & Research LLC In Digestion Takes Time, I pointed out that digestion kinetics involves lag, rate, and potential extent of digestion, and indicated that...
View ArticleIndigestible Residue Part II – The Key to Digestion Kinetics?
by David R. Mertens, Ph.D, Mertens Innovations & Research LLC To read Part I Indigestible Residue – What it is? Why does it occur? click here. After we have established the biological rationale for...
View ArticleFeeding New Corn Silage
Rick Grant William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute Corn harvest is mostly completed although a significant number of farms in the Northeast and upper Midwest are facing later harvest of...
View ArticleuNDF: New Term, Old Concept, Undigested vs. Indigestible Neutral Detergent Fiber
Fiber digestibility is a critical factor in dairy nutrition. It is involved in many parameters used to balance rations and evaluate forages. It affects DMI and gut fill capacity, as well as total...
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