Effect of Fiber Level in Finishing Diets on Diet Digestibility and Corn Silage Impact on Bacterial Crude Protein Production

Authors

Kyle Vander Pol, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Ryan Mass, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

January 2002

Comments

Published in 2002 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. Copyright © 2001 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Two metabolism trials evaluated the impact of dietary fiber source, level, and digestibility on daily production of bacterial crude protein. In the first trial evaluating corn silage, digestibility was unaffected while daily bacterial crude protein production estimated from urinary allantoin excretion tended to be higher as corn silage replaced corn. In the second trial digestibility was significantly lower for the finishing diets containing higher levels of dietary corn bran.