Utilization of fungal treated wheat straw in the diet of late lactating cow

• Main Authors: Fazaeli, Hassan, Mahmoudzadeh, Homayoun, Mohd Jelan, Zainal Aznam, Rouzbehan, Yousef, Liang, Juan Boo, Azizi, Aslan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2004
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50075/1/Utilization%20of%20fungal%20treated%20wheat%20straw%20in%20the%20diet%20of%20late%20lactating%20cow.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50075/; http://www.ajas.info/journal/view.php?number=20702
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Eight primiparous Holstein cows, in late lactation (255±10 days in milk) and yielding 10.3±1.3 kg/d of 4% fat corrected milk (FCM) were allocated into two groups randomly. Two diets containing 30% wheat straw either untreated (UWS) or treated with Pleurotus ostreatus (FTWS) were offered as total mix...