Use of non-protein nitrogen (NNP) in ruminant feeds

ISBN-13: 9786205432471 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str.

Ramón Garcia-Herrera

Opis

Non-protein nitrogen has been used in ruminant feeding as a cheaper source of nitrogen than from a true protein source, with urea being the main product with this meaning. Fibrolytic organisms are the most efficient at utilizing ammonia as a source of nitrogen, hence urea in high fiber diets increases fiber degradation and digestion. The problem is that this diet has a rapid release of nitrogen, therefore, much ammonia can be lost by absorption from the rumen epithelium and by eructation.A slow-release nitrogen source would provide better utilization of nitrogen and other nutrients in the rumen.We evaluated the effect of partial replacement of urea with Obtigen(R), a polymer-coated urea-based product that releases nitrogen as ammonia more slowly than urea, and the inclusion of yeast in high-fiber diets on digestion and ruminal parameters of water buffalo.

O autorze

Ramón García-Herrera, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences (PhD). Graduated as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas. Cuba. Professor-Consultant and Coordinator of the career of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics. President of the Tribunal for obtaining Teaching Categories.