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Inclusion of Wheat Dried Distillers’ Grains with Solubles from Bioethanol Plants in Diets for Dairy Cows

Garnsworthy, Philip C.; Marsden, Michael; Goodman, Jennifer R.; Saunders, Neil

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Philip C. Garnsworthy

Michael Marsden

Jennifer R. Goodman

Neil Saunders



Abstract

Dried distillers’ grains with solubles (DDGS) from bioethanol production can replace soya in diets for dairy cows, but optimum inclusion level of European wheat-DDGS (wDDGS) is unknown. Two batches of wDDGS from different UK bioethanol plants were fed to 44 (Experiment 1) and 40 (Experiment 2) cows in a Latin square design. Each wDDGS replaced soya and rapeseed at four inclusion levels (g/kg of diet dry matter (DM): 0, 80, 160 and 240 – Experiment 1; 0, 75, 150 and 225 – Experiment 2). Diets were balanced for metabolisable energy (ME) and protein (MP), and for minimum starch and saturated fat in Experiment 2. In Experiment 1, DM intake (29 kg/d) and milk yield (42.3 kg/d) were unaffected by wDDGS inclusion up to 160 g/kg but were lower than control with 240 g/kg inclusion, which was attributed to low proportion of solubles in this wDDGS batch. In Experiment 2, DM intake (22.4 kg/d) and milk yield (32.1 kg/d) were unaffected by wDDGS inclusion up to 225 g/kg. ME content of wDDGS, determined in vivo, (MJ/kg DM) was 12.1 (Experiment 1) and 13.4 (Experiment 2). It is concluded that optimum inclusion level of wDDGS is at least 225 g/kg DM in diets balanced for minimum starch and saturated fat as well as ME and MP supplies.

Citation

Garnsworthy, P. C., Marsden, M., Goodman, J. R., & Saunders, N. (2021). Inclusion of Wheat Dried Distillers’ Grains with Solubles from Bioethanol Plants in Diets for Dairy Cows. Animals, 11(1), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010070

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 30, 2020
Online Publication Date Jan 2, 2021
Publication Date Jan 2, 2021
Deposit Date Dec 30, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Animals
Electronic ISSN 2076-2615
Publisher MDPI
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 1
Article Number 70
DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010070
Keywords dairy cow; milk production; protein feeds; wheat-based dried distillers grains with solubles
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5183902
Publisher URL https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/1/70
Additional Information This article belongs to the Special Issue - Use of Cereal Byproducts in Animal Nutrition

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