Cattle Feed Byproducts: Energy & Efficient Fiber
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Although field nutritionists often view CDG as a useful protein or nitrogen source, this feedstuff contains more than simply nitrogen. Feeding distillers grains in replacement of corn grain is useful in providing energy in the form of fermentable fiber. Because fiber is digested at a slower rate than other forms of energy such as starch, feeding CDG to ruminants may be useful in reducing the incidence of rumen acidosis (Klopfenstein et al., 2001). Distillers grains typically contain 34% neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and 13% fat on dry matter basis.
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