Keywords
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 86-94-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 484; Dairy; Rumensin; Bloat; Protozoa; Alfalfa
Abstract
Monensin at 300 mg and 450 mg per 1000 lbs body weight reduced the severity of alfalfa pasture bloat by 41.2 and 73.1 %, respectively. Lasalocid at the same levels reduced the bloat score by 25.5 and 12.4%. The difference between the two antibiotics appears to be in their ability to inhibit rumen protozoa. Monensin reduced protozoal population in the rumen, whereas lasalocid had no effect. A smaller protozoal population decreases compounds that contribute to frothiness and also increases substances such as plant chloroplasts, which have antifrothing properties.; Dairy Day, 1985, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1985;
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Last page
34
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Recommended Citation
Nagaraja, Tiruvoor G.; Katz, M.P.; and Fina, L.R.
(1985)
"Rumensin helps to reduce the incidence and severity of legume bloat in cattle,"
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports:
Vol. 0:
Iss.
2.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.3089
