Feeding spent hemp biomass to lactating dairy cows: Effects on performance, milk components and quality, blood parameters, and nitrogen metabolism

Feeding spent hemp biomass to lactating dairy cows: Effects on performance, milk components and quality, blood parameters, and nitrogen metabolism

ABSTRACT: The legalization of industrial hemp by the 2018 Farm Bill in the United States has driven a sharp increase in its cultivation, including for cannabinoid extraction. Spent hemp biomass (SHB), produced from the extraction of cannabinoids, can potentially be used as feed for dairy cows; howev...

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Main Authors: Agung Irawan, Gracia Maria Puerto-Hernandez, Hunter Robert Ford, Sebastiano Busato, Serkan Ates, Jenifer Cruickshank, Juliana Ranches, Charles T. Estill, Erminio Trevisi, Massimo Bionaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
Subjects:
cannabinoids
dairy cows
spent hemp biomass
animal health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223006392

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