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Evaluation of bamboo as livestock forage and applications of Yucca schidigera and Quillaja saponaria products in agriculture

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Greenway, Stephanie L.

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Byproducts of bamboo processing, such as leaves and branches, may have potential as a livestock feedstuff. The objectives of this study were to evaluate seasonal changes in proximate composition of several bamboo species and reed canarygrass, and subsequently determine the digestibility of bamboo in ponies. Monthly samples of Phyllostachys bissetii,...

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Masters Thesis

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University Horse Center, Scott Paxton, and Oregon State University Farm Services, in particular Russ
Lysine-arginine interrelationships and dried whey utilization in monogastric rations

Creator:

Stangel, Donald Earl

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A series of eight trials was conducted to determine if supplementation with arginine improved growth of young rats, Japanese quail and swine fed low-lysine diets. In five rat trials, with a variety of basal diets, no evidence of a "sparing effect" of arginine on the lysine requirement was found. A...

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Masters Thesis

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; further increases in dietary lysine result in rapid increases in plasma lysine. Zimmerman and Scott (1965