TY  - JOUR
T1  - Influence of Wet Brewers Grains on Rumen Fermentation, Digestion and Performance in Growing Lambs
AU - , Jairo I. Aguilera-Soto AU - , Roque G. Ramirez AU - , Carlos F. Arechiga AU - , Marco A. Lopez AU - , Romulo Banuelos AU - , Mireya Duran AU - , Elda Rodriguez 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 6
IS  - 5
SP  - 641
EP  - 645
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2007.641.645
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.641.645
KW  - Rambouillet×Pelibuey lambs
KW  -wet brewers grains
KW  -animal performance
KW  -nutrient digestion
AB  - In 2 consecutive trails, 5 isoenergetic and isonitrogenous diets containing incremental levels (0, 150, 300, 450, 600 g kg <SUP>1</SUP> DM) of Wet Brewers Grains (WBG) were fed to growing Rambouillet×Pelibuey male lambs (16±1.9 kg). Fifty (intact) lambs were used in a feedlot trial and 10 (rumen cannulated) in a digestion trial. The pH, Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA) and ammonia-N in lambs were also estimated. Dry matter intake (1022, 1040, 1026, 1021 and 1011 g day <SUP>1</SUP>) average daily gain (180, 192, 195, 185, 178 g) and feed efficiency (5.7, 5.4, 5.3, 5.5, 5.7) were not significantly different between lambs fed the diets containing 0, 150, 300, 450, 600 g WBG kg <SUP>1</SUP> DM, respectively. Moreover, lambs digested similar (p>0.01) proportions of organic matter (70, 69, 67, 70 and 67%, respectively), crude protein (71, 71, 70, 72 and 69%, respectively) and neutral detergent fiber (66, 69, 66, 67 and 62%, respectively). Furthermore, ruminal pH and molar proportions of VFA did not varied (p>0.01); however, ruminal ammonia-N (10, 11, 13, 14, 14 mg 100 mL <SUP>1</SUP>, respectively) increased (p< 0.05) as WBG increased. In despite  of  differences  in  WBG  content  in  the  diets,  grow  increments  and digestion characteristics of lambs were similar.
ER  -