Feed intake and milk yield and composition of lactating dairy goats in response to partial substitution of soybean meal for formaldehyde-treated sesame meal in the diet.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of substitution of soybean meal (SBM) for formaldehyde-treated sesame meal (FTSM) on nutrient intake and digestibility, ruminal and blood parameters and milk production and composition in lactating Murciano-Granadina goats. Forty lactating goats were randomly assigned to one of the following four treatments: (1) diet with 16.5% CP, containing SBM (CON); (2) diet with 16.

The effect of pistachio by-product extracts treatment in protecting soybean meal and canola meal protein from rumen microbial degradation.

Background: The industrial de-hulling of fresh pistachio generates a large quantity of pistachio by-products (PBP). The present study aimed to investigate the effects of treating soybean meal (SBM) and canola meal (CM) with tannin extracts derived from PBP on the protein fractions according to the Cornell Net Carbohydrates and Protein System (CNCPS), rumen degradability, and ruminal and post-ruminal crude protein (CP) disappearance in an in situ trials using three fistulated steers. The extracts of PBP were obtained via different solvents and then added to SBM and CM, so that the final concentrations of added tannins were 0, 5 and 10 g kg dry matter.

Draft Genome Sequence and Annotation of Sporanaerobacter acetigenes Strain F-12, Isolated from a Cattle Rumen.

We report the genome sequence of strain F-12, isolated from the rumen of a steer grazing on Rhodes grass in Townsville (Lansdown Research Station), Queensland, Australia. This draft genome consists of 2,866,191 bp, with 31.23% G+C content and 2,889 predicted coding sequences.