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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 11 3476-3484, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effect of barley variety and dietary barley content on digestive function in beef steers fed grass hay-based diets

P. Feng, C. W. Hunt, G. T. Pritchard and S. M. Parish
Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844, USA.

Five ruminally and duodenally cannulated steers were used in a 5 x 5 Latin square design with a 2 x 2 + 1 arrangement of treatments to study the effects of barley variety and dietary barley content on digestive function in steers fed grass hay-based diets. Barley varities evaluated were Russell and Steptoe, which had bulk densities of 67.7 and 64.5 kg/hL, respectively. Supplemental treatments were as follows: corn, low Russell (Ru-lo), low Steptoe (St-lo), high Russell (Ru-hi), and high Steptoe (St-hi). Corn, Ru-lo, and St-lo were provided at 30% (DM basis) of grass hay-based diets, whereas Ru-hi and St-hi were provided at 35.5% of diet DM (equal starch content as the corn treatment). No treatment differences (P > .10) were observed for DMI, ruminal particulate passage rate, and NDF total tract digestibility. Ruminal DM and starch digestibility were greater (P < .01) for barley-containing diets than for the corn diet. Similarly, total tract DM (P < .10) and starch (P < .01) digestibility was greater for barley than for corn diets. Microbial protein and non-NH3 N flow to the small intestine were greater (P < .01) for the barley diets than for the corn diet. Starch intake (P < .01) and DM digestibility (P < .10) were greater for high- than for low-barley diets; however, differences due to barley variety were not observed (P > .10). In situ disappearance of grass hay NDF at 8 and 96 h of incubation was greater (P < .05) for barley than for corn diets. Rate of in situ disappearance of grain DM was greater (P < .01) for barley than for corn and for Russell than for Steptoe barley. Responses suggest that ruminal and total tract digestibility and protein flow to the small intestine can be increased with barley compared with corn as an energy supplement to grass hay-based diets.


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