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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 83 No. 8 1806-1812
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Diets Deficient in Rumen Undegraded Protein did not Depress Milk Production

T. F. Dunlap 1, R. A. Kohn 1, L. W. Douglass 1, and R. A. Erdman 1

1 Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park 20742

The objective of this study was to evaluate the National Research Council's recommendations for feeding levels of rumen undegraded protein (RUP) for cows fed a one-group total mixed ration. Sixty Holstein cows were paired by parity (1 to 6) and DIM (23 to 315) and were randomly assigned to one of two treatment sequences. Diets contained alfalfa silage (30% diet DM) and corn silage (26% diet DM), and were isonitrogenous (16% CP) and isocaloric (1.71 Mcal/kg). Soybean meal, protected soybean meal (Soy Best), and urea were used to make ration protein fractions that were predicted to be 35 or 29% RUP. The 35% RUP diet was formulated to provide 98 and 105% of the average requirement for RUP and rumen degraded protein (RDP), respectively. The ration containing 29% RUP provided 79 and 117% of average required RUP and RDP, respectively. All cows were group-fed the high RUP diet during a 2-wk pretreatment period, and then were fed one ration for 4 wk followed by the other for 4 wk according to their assigned treatment sequence. Data were collected in the last wk of each period. Mean milk production, milk fat, and milk protein were 32.6 kg/d, 4.35%, and 3.36%, respectively, with no treatment differences. Treatment response was not affected by degree of predicted RUP deficiency. National Research Council requirements for RUP may be too high for cows fed diets similar in energy to a one-group total mixed ration. Alternatively, estimates of RUP content of feedstuffs may be low.

Key Words: rumen undegraded protein • group feeding

Submitted on September 13, 1999
Accepted on February 10, 2000




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