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Rebelo LR, Eastridge ML, Firkins JL, Lee C. Effects of corn silage and grain expressing α-amylase on ruminal nutrient digestibility, microbial protein synthesis, and enteric methane emissions in lactating cows. J Dairy Sci 2023; 106:3932-3946. [PMID: 37225579 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Increasing ruminal starch digestibility has the potential to improve microbial protein synthesis (MPS), milk production, and feed efficiency. Enogen corn (Syngenta Seeds LLC) expresses high α-amylase activity, and we evaluated effects of Enogen corn silage (CS) and grain (CG) on ruminal starch digestibility, MPS, and milk production in lactating dairy cows. Fifteen Holstein cows (6 ruminally cannulated and 9 noncannulated; average ± standard deviation at the beginning of the trial: 170 ± 40 d in milk; milk yield, 37.2 ± 7.73 kg/d; body weight, 714 ± 37 kg) were used in a replicated 3 × 3 Latin square design (28 d per period) with 3 treatments: a diet containing isoline CS and CG (control, CON); a diet with Enogen CS and isoline CG (ECS); and a diet with Enogen CS and CG (ECSCG). Dry matter (DM; 30%), starch (35% of DM), and particle size distribution of the isoline and Enogen CS were similar. However, the mean particle size of Enogen CG was larger (1.05 vs. 0.65 mm) than that of the isoline CG. Cannulated cows were used for digestibility and nutrient flow measurements, noncannulated cows were used for enteric CH4 measurements, and all cows were used for production evaluation. Dry matter intake (DMI) and milk yield were greater for ECS and ECSCG compared with CON (26.7 and 26.6 vs. 25.1 kg/d and 36.5 and 34.1 vs. 33.1 kg/d, respectively) without a difference between ECS and ECSCG. Milk protein yield was greater (1.27 vs. 1.14 and 1.17 kg/d) for ECS compared with CON and ECSCG. Milk fat content was greater (3.79 vs. 3.32%) for ECSCG compared with ECS. Milk fat yield and energy-corrected milk did not differ among treatments. Ruminal digestibilities of DM, organic matter, starch, and neutral detergent fiber were not different among treatments. However, ruminal digestibility of nonammonia, nonmicrobial N was greater (85 vs. 75%) for ECS compared with ECSCG. Total-tract apparent starch digestibility was lower (97.6 and 97.1 vs. 98.3%) for ECS and ECSCG compared with CON, respectively, and tended to be lower (97.1 vs. 98.3%) for ECSCG compared with ECS. Ruminal outflows of bacterial OM and nonammonia N tended to be greater for ECS than for ECSCG. Efficiency of MPS tended to be greater (34.1 vs. 30.6 g of N/kg of organic matter truly digested) for ECS versus ECSCG. Ruminal pH and total and individual short-chain fatty acid concentrations did not differ among treatments. Concentration of ruminal NH3 for ECS and ECSCG was lower (10.4 and 12.4 vs. 13.4 mmol/L, respectively) compared with CON. Methane per unit of DMI decreased for ECS and ECSCG compared with CON (11.4 and 12.2 vs. 13.5 g/kg of DMI, respectively) without a difference between ECS and ECSCG. In conclusion, ECS and ECSCG did not increase ruminal or total-tract starch digestibility. However, the positive effects of ECS and ECSCG on milk protein yield, milk yield, and CH4 per unit of DMI may show potential benefits of feeding Enogen corn. Effects of ECSCG were not apparent when compared with ECS, partly due to larger particle size of Enogen CG compared with its isoline counterpart.
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Affiliation(s)
- L R Rebelo
- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster 44691
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- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster 44691.
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Arce-Cordero JA, Monteiro HF, Phillips H, Estes K, Faciola AP. Effects of unprotected choline chloride on microbial fermentation in a dual-flow continuous culture depend on dietary neutral detergent fiber concentration. J Dairy Sci 2020; 104:2966-2978. [PMID: 33358799 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Choline is usually supplemented as ruminally protected choline chloride to prevent its degradation in the rumen, but the effects of unprotected choline on ruminal fermentation are unclear. Some research indicates a possible role of dietary fiber on microbial degradation of choline; therefore we aimed to evaluate the effects of unprotected choline chloride on ruminal fermentation and to investigate whether those effects depend on dietary neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentration. Our hypothesis was that dietary NDF concentration would influence choline chloride effects on microbial ruminal fermentation. We used 8 fermentors in a duplicated 4 × 4 Latin square with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement, combining 2 factors: (1) dietary NDF concentration and (2) unprotected choline chloride supplementation. Resulting treatments are (1) 30%NDF/Ctrl [30% NDF control diet without supplemental choline (Cho)]; (2) 30%NDF/Cho [30% NDF diet plus 1.9 g of choline ion per kg of dry matter (DM)]; (3) 40%NDF/Ctrl (40% NDF control diet without supplemental choline); and (4) 40%NDF/Cho (40% NDF diet plus 1.9 g of choline ion per kg of DM). Four 10-d periods were completed, each consisting of 7 d for adaptation and 3 d for collection of samples for estimation of nutrient disappearance and daily average concentrations of volatile fatty acids and NH3-N. In addition, kinetics of pH, acetate, and propionate were evaluated at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 h after morning feeding. On the last day of each period, bacteria pellets were harvested for 15N analysis and N metabolism. Fixed effects of dietary NDF concentration, unprotected choline chloride supplementation, and their interaction (NDF × Cho) were tested using the MIXED procedure of SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). Choline tended to increase total volatile fatty acid concentrations and decreased acetate molar proportion regardless of dietary NDF concentration, but it increased propionate molar proportion and decreased acetate to propionate ratio only with the 30% NDF diet. Supplementing choline decreased NDF disappearance regardless of dietary NDF; however, organic matter disappearance tended to be reduced only when choline was added to 40% NDF. Our data indicate that unprotected choline chloride effects on ruminal fermentation depend on dietary NDF concentration, allowing for a greater propionate synthesis without decreasing organic matter disappearance when fed with a 30% NDF diet.
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- J A Arce-Cordero
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Balchem Corporation, New Hampton, NY 10958
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611.
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Arce-Cordero JA, Monteiro HF, Lelis AL, Lima LR, Restelatto R, Brandao VLN, Leclerc H, Vyas D, Faciola AP. Copper sulfate and sodium selenite lipid-microencapsulation modifies ruminal microbial fermentation in a dual-flow continuous-culture system. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:7068-7080. [PMID: 32505403 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Undesirable interactions between trace mineral elements and ruminal contents may occur during digestion when mineral salts are supplemented. Antimicrobial effects of copper sulfate (CuSO4) may affect ruminal digestibility of nutrients when fed as a source of copper (Cu), while sodium selenite (Na2SeO3) may be reduced in the rumen to less available forms of selenium (Se). Our objective was to evaluate if protection of CuSO4 and Na2SeO3 by lipid-microencapsulation would induce changes on ruminal microbial fermentation. We used 8 fermentors in a dual-flow continuous-culture system in a 4 × 4 duplicated Latin square with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Factors were CuSO4 protection (unprotected and protected by lipid-microencapsulation) and Na2SeO3 protection (unprotected and protected by lipid-microencapsulation). Treatments consisted of supplementation with 15 mg/kg of Cu and 0.3 mg/kg of Se from either unprotected or protected (lipid-microencapsulated) sources, as follows: (1) Control (unprotected CuSO4 + unprotected Na2SeO3); (2) Cu-P (protected CuSO4 + unprotected Na2SeO3); (3) Se-P (unprotected CuSO4 + protected Na2SeO3); (4) (Cu+Se)-P (protected CuSO4 + protected Na2SeO3). All diets had the same nutrient composition and fermentors were fed 106 g of dry matter/d. Each experimental period was 10 d (7 d of adaptation and 3 d for sample collections). Daily pooled samples of effluents were analyzed for pH, NH3-N, nutrient digestibility, and flows (g/d) of total N, NH3-N, nonammonia N (NAN), bacterial N, dietary N, and bacterial efficiency. Kinetics of volatile fatty acids was analyzed in samples collected daily at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 h after feeding. Main effects of Cu protection, Se protection, and their interaction were tested for all response variables. Kinetics data were analyzed as repeated measures. Protection of Cu decreased acetate molar proportion, increased butyrate proportion, and tended to decrease acetate:propionate ratio in samples of kinetics, but did not modify nutrient digestibility. Protection of Se tended to decrease NH3-N concentration, NH3-N flow, and CP digestibility; and to increase flows of nonammonia N and dietary N. Our results indicate that protection of CuSO4 may increase butyrate concentration at expenses of acetate, while protection of Na2SeO3 tended to reduce ruminal degradation of N. Further research is needed to determine the effects of lipid-microencapsulation on intestinal absorption, tissue distribution of Cu and Se, and animal performance.
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- J A Arce-Cordero
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, MT, 78060-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, PR, 80060-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- JEFO Nutrition Inc., St. Hyacinthe, QC J2R 2E7, Canada
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611.
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Reyes DC, Annis SL, Rivera SA, Leon-Tinoco AY, Wu C, Perkins LB, Perry JJ, Ma ZX, Knight CW, Castillo MS, Romero JJ. In vitro screening of technical lignins to determine their potential as hay preservatives. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:6114-6134. [PMID: 32418699 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Our objectives were to evaluate technical lignins for their antifungal properties against 3 molds and 1 yeast causing hay spoilage, and their ability to preserve ground high-moisture alfalfa hay nutritive value in vitro. In experiment 1, 8 technical lignins and propionic acid (PRP; positive control) were tested at a dose of 40 mg/mL. The experiment had a randomized complete block design (RCBD, 4 runs) and a factorial arrangement of 3 molds × 10 additives (ADV). The effects of the ADV on yeast were evaluated separately with a RCBD. Sodium lignosulfonate (NaL) and PRP were the only treatments with 100 ± 2.8% inhibition of fungi. In experiment 2, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for selected lignins and PRP were determined. At pH 4, NaL had the lowest MIC across the molds (20-33.3 mg/mL) and magnesium lignosulfonate (MgL) for the yeast (26.7) among the lignins. However, PRP had MIC values that were several-fold lower across all fungi (1.25-3.33). In experiment 3, a RCBD (5 blocks) with a 3 (ADV; NaL, MgL, and PRP) × 4 (doses: 0, 0.5, 1, and 3% wt/wt fresh basis) factorial arrangement of treatments was used to evaluate the preservative effects of ADV in ground high-moisture alfalfa hay inoculated with a mixture of the fungi previously tested and incubated under aerobic conditions in vitro. After 15 d, relative to untreated hay (14.9), dry matter (DM) losses were lessened by doses as low as 1% for NaL (3.39) and 0.5% for PRP (0.81 ± 0.77%). The mold count was reduced in both NaL at 3% (3.92) and PRP as low as 0.5% (3.94) relative to untreated hay (7.76 ± 0.55 log cfu/fresh g). Consequently, sugars were best preserved by NaL at 3% (10.1) and PRP as low as 0.5% (10.5) versus untreated (7.99 ± 0.283% DM), while keeping neutral detergent fiber values lower in NaL (45.9) and PRP-treated (45.1) hays at the same doses, respectively, relative to untreated (49.7 ± 0.66% DM). Hay DM digestibility was increased by doses as low as 3% for NaL (67.5), 1% MgL (67.0), and 0.5% PRP (68.5) versus untreated hay (61.8 ± 0.77%). The lowest doses increasing neutral detergent fiber digestibility relative to untreated hay (23.3) were 0.5% for MgL and PRP (30.5 and 30.1, respectively) and 1% for NaL (30.7 ± 1.09% DM). Across technical lignins, NaL showed the most promise as a potential hay preservative. However, its effects were limited compared with PRP at equivalent doses. Despite not having an effect on preservation, MgL improved DM digestibility by stimulating neutral detergent fiber digestibility. This study warrants further development of NaL under field conditions.
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- D C Reyes
- Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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- Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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- Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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- Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark 19716
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- Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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- Food Science and Human Nutrition, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono 04469
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- Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville 32608; Department of Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville 32608
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- University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono 04469
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- Department of Crop and Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27607
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- Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine, Orono 04469.
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Freitas JE, Takiya CS, Del Valle TA, Barletta RV, Venturelli BC, Vendramini THA, Mingoti RD, Calomeni GD, Gardinal R, Gandra JR, Bettero VP, Ferreira de Jesus E, Oliveira MDS, Rennó FP. Ruminal biohydrogenation and abomasal flow of fatty acids in lactating cows fed diets supplemented with soybean oil, whole soybeans, or calcium salts of fatty acids. J Dairy Sci 2018; 101:7881-7891. [PMID: 30007815 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Ruminants have a unique metabolism and digestion of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA). Unlike monogastric animals, the fatty acid (FA) profile ingested by ruminants is not the same as that reaching the small intestine. The objective of this study was to evaluate whole raw soybeans (WS) in diets as a replacer for calcium salts of fatty acids (CSFA) in terms of UFA profile in the abomasal digesta of early- to mid-lactation cows. Eight Holstein cows (80 ± 20 d in milk, 22.9 ± 0.69 kg/d of milk yield, and 580 ± 20 kg of body weight; mean ± standard deviation) with ruminal and abomasal cannulas were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square experiment with 22-d periods. The experiment evaluated different fat sources rich in linoleic acid on ruminal kinetics, ruminal fermentation, FA abomasal flow, and milk FA profile of cows assigned to treatment sequences containing a control (CON), with no fat source; soybean oil, added at 2.68% of diet dry matter (DM); WS, addition of WS at 14.3% of diet DM; and CSFA, addition of CSFA at 2.68% of diet DM. Dietary fat supplementation had no effect on nutrient intake and digestibility, with the exception of ether extract. Cows fed fat sources tended to have lower milk fat concentration than those fed CON. In general, diets containing fat sources tended to decrease ruminal neutral detergent fiber digestibility in relation to CON. Cows fed WS had lower ruminal digestibility of DM and higher abomasal flow of DM in comparison to cows fed CSFA. As expected, diets containing fat supplements increased FA abomasal flow of C18:0 and total FA. Cows fed WS tended to present a higher concentration of UFA in milk when compared with those fed CSFA. This study suggests that under some circumstances, abomasal flow of UFA in early lactation cows can be increased by supplementing their diet with fat supplements rich in linoleic acid, regardless of rumen protection, with small effects on ruminal DM digestibility.
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- J E Freitas
- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 0170-110
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900
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- Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Brazil, 79825-070
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- Department of Animal Science, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil, 14884-900
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- Department of Animal Science, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil, 14884-900
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- Department of Animal Science, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil, 14884-900
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Animal Production, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil, 13635-900.
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