20 It has been also reported that feeding breeding cows with rolled-steam corn compared to whole grain corn results in the reduction of acetic acid, but an increasing trend of ruminal propionic and butyric acids is observed. 16 In the current study, a reduction of corn grains starch resistance to degradability was observed in animals fed ground corn compared to rolled-steam and soaked corn diets, and thereby, a reduction of pH level was observed in the rumen of animals fed ground corn diet.
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Effect of different corn processing methods on enzyme producing bacteria, protozoa, fermentation and histomorphometry of rumen in fattening lambs.
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