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Cattle feeding urea depends on forage grass

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Feeding urea to cattle, urea can be digested by microorganisms in the rumen of cattle to synthesize bacterial protein, instead of part of the protein feed, so urea is a high-quality protein supplementary feed for cattle. But urea is not a protein after all, and its utilization efficiency is affected by many conditions. Generally speaking, feeding urea to cattle should be determined according to the situation of forage grass. Urea can be added in winter and spring when wheat straw, dry corn straw and hay are the main coarse feed, but not in summer and autumn when green feed is the main feed. The experiment shows that the content of crude protein in feed is less than 11%.

Feed urea to cattle, urea can be digested by microorganisms in the rumen of cattle to synthesize bacterial protein, replacing part of protein feed, so urea is a high-quality protein supplement feed for cattle. However, urea is not a protein after all, and its utilization efficiency is affected by many conditions. Generally speaking, urea should be fed to cattle according to the situation of forage grass. Urea can be added in winter and spring when wheat straw, dry corn stalk and hay are the main coarse forage, and it is not suitable to feed in summer and autumn when green forage is the main forage.

The results showed that when the crude protein content in feed was below 11%, the urea utilization rate in rumen was about 70%, and the weight gain effect of cattle was obvious. When the crude protein content in the feed was more than 12%, urea could not increase the weight, but would affect the weight gain or make it lose weight obviously.

In summer and autumn, there are many kinds of wild vegetables, weeds and pastures. Cattle often take green feed as the main one, and green feed contains comprehensive nutrients, especially high crude protein content, generally 12%~ 20%. The digestion and utilization rate of crude protein is also very high, generally reaching more than 70%. At the same time, the quality of crude protein is excellent, and the essential amino acids are comprehensive and the nutritional value is high. Therefore, in feeding wild vegetables, weeds, grass and other green forage mainly when there is no need to feed urea to cattle.

 
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