Effect of feeding Yucca schidigera extract and a live yeast on the rumen microbiome and performance of dairy cows fed a diet excess in rumen degradable nitrogen

Nitrogen (N) loss from livestock agriculture via ammonia and nitrous oxide can reduce feed efficiency, production and negatively affect the environment. One option to reduce N loss is to add dietary supplements such as Yucca schidigera extract which has ammonia-binding properties and contains antimi...

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Main Authors: C.A. Johnson, T.J. Snelling, J.A. Huntington, J. Taylor-Pickard, H.E. Warren, L.A. Sinclair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123002847