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Effect of Source of Carbohydrate and Frequency of Feeding on Rumen Parameters in Dairy Steers

Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801

ABSTRACT

Four rumen-fistulated, Holstein steers (358 kg) were fed two diets at two frequencies (2 and 8 times/d) in a 4 x 4 Latin square design with 28-d periods. The two diets consisted of corn silage and a concentrate mixture in a ratio of 40:60 on a dry matter basis. The two concentrate mixtures (control and dried whole whey) contained, as a percentage: ground shelled corn, 87.85, 19.05; soybean meal, 9.4, 5.9; dicalcium phosphate, 1.7, 0; trace mineralized salt, 1.0, 1.0; vitamin A and D premix, .05, .05; and dried whole whey, 0, 74.0, respectively. Rumen fluid samples were taken at hourly intervals for 24 h and analyzed for pH, volatile fatty acids, lactate, ammonia nitrogen, and protozoal numbers. Total concentration of volatile fatty acids in the rumen were not affected by treatments. Feeding the control diet resulted in significantly higher ruminal acetate and isovalerate but lower butyrate and valerate expressed as a molar percentage. Increasing the feeding frequency from 2 to 8 times/d resulted in an increase in the molar percentage of acetate and a decrease in the concentration of lactate in ruminal fluid. Numbers of protozoa varied considerably with time after feeding and tended to be higher on the whey diet.

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