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Evaluating the Rumen Degradation of Novel Protected Gelatin Capsules Containing Fish Oil Fed to Lactating Dairy Cows

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By Omar Manuel Peña, Kevin Murphy, Nathan Long, Gustavo J. Lascano
| MDPI
Abstract : Simple Summary An increased intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids has been associated with beneficial effects in human health such as a reduction in susceptibility to cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. However, due to rumen microbial processes, most of the polyunsaturated fatty acids fed to ruminants are changed to saturated forms that the cow can use.
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Animals | Free Full-Text | Nutritional Composition and In Vitro Ruminal Digestibility of Crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.) in Monoculture or Interseeded with Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) and Lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet)

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By Matias Jose Aguerre, Omar Manuel Peña, Cesar Velasquez Verified, Gonzalo Ferreira
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Abstract : Simple Summary A major challenge for livestock producers in a cool-season grass system is the seasonality of forage production, and in particular, the quantity and quality gap that usually occurs during the summer. Crabgrass is a warm-season annual crop with better forage quality than most other common summer annual grasses and can potentially be mixed with summer annual legumes.
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Agronomy | Free Full-Text | Yield, Nutritional Composition, and In Vitro Ruminal Digestibility of Conventional and Brown Midrib (BMR) Corn for Silage as Affected by Planting Population and Harvest Maturity

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By Omar Manuel Peña, Cesar Velasquez Verified, Gonzalo Ferreira, Matias Jose Aguerre
| MDPI
Open AccessArticle by Omar Manuel Peña 1, Cesar Velasquez 1, Gonzalo Ferreira 2 and Matias Jose Aguerre 1,* 1 Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA 2 School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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