Grain Processing for Beef Cattle

Effect of ensiling temperature on microbial inoculants and performance of dairy cows fed corn grain silage with sodium benzoate

“…A trend has been observed for farmers in Brazil to use a hammer mill on processing dry corn for reconstitution while a roller mill is used for high moisture grains (Santos et al, 2016). Published studies have a variation in mean particle size even with the use of the same screen or rolling process.…”

<b>Levels of concentrate and sources of non-fiber carbohydrates on productive performance and ruminal kinetics of finishing cattle</b>

“…Moreover, the steam-flaked corn diets increased NEm and NEg of the diets by 17 and 23%, increased 20% the G:F ratio due to a decreased 17% the DMI compared to the whole corn diets, with no effects on fat thickness. Santos, Marques and Dórea (2016) evaluated 5 trials performed in Brazil with flint corn, comparing the replacement of finelyground, dry-rolled or whole corn by steam-flaked corn on performance of finishing Nellore cattle. They concluded that the steam-flaking of corn reduced on average 7.5% the DM intake, and increased 15.7% the ADG, and 24.8% the G:F ratio, respectively.…”

Avaliação da inclusão de silagem de milho grão reconstituído no concentrado inicial de bezerros leiteiros em aleitamento

“…No interior dos grãos, tem-se o endosperma rico em amido e o gérmen rico em óleo (McAllister et al, 2006). O amido é um polissacarídeo utilizado como reserva de energia pelos vegetais, e sua molécula é composta principalmente por amilose, um polímero de cadeia linear, e amilopectina, polímero de cadeia ramificada, ambos são ligados por pontes de hidrogênio (Santos et al, 2016). Os grânulos de amido ricos em amilose são menos digestíveis em comparação aos grânulos ricos em amilopectina.…”