6 results on '"Tianhai Yan"'
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2. Effects of feeding level of alfalfa hay on nitrogen utilization for 1‐kg daily gain of crossbred Simmental male calves
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Xianjiang Chen, Tianhai Yan, Toshiyoshi Ichinohe, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Fujiang Hou, and Atsushi Tsunekawa
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Animal science ,chemistry ,Alfalfa hay ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Crossbreed ,Nitrogen ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Published
- 2020
3. Increasing roughage quality by using alfalfa hay as a substitute for concentrate mitigates CH 4 emissions and urinary N and ammonia excretion from dry ewes
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Cheng Zhang, Fujiang Hou, Chunmei Wang, Shenghua Chang, Tianhai Yan, Metha Wanapat, and Wanhe Zhu
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Dietary Fiber ,Nitrogen ,methane emissions ,Urinary system ,Urine ,Excretion ,Ammonia ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Animal science ,Food Animals ,Latin square ,Animals ,alfalfa hay ,Feces ,Sheep ,food and beverages ,Original Articles ,Ruminants ,concentrate supplementation ,Straw ,Animal Feed ,Manure ,Diet ,chemistry ,nutrient digestibility ,Original Article ,Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ,Female ,Animal Science and Zoology ,N utilisation ,Methane ,Medicago sativa - Abstract
Twelve Hu sheep × thin‐tail Han crossbred dry ewes with an average body weight of 32.6 ± 0.68 kg and an age of 3 years were arranged in a 3 × 3 Latin square design, with each experimental period of 24 d to evaluate the effect of substituting alfalfa hay in a portion of concentrate on nutrient intake, digestibility, N utilisation efficiency and methane emissions. The ratios of corn straw to alfalfa to concentrate for 3 diet treatments were 60:0:40, 60:15:25 and 60:30:10, respectively. Intake and digestibility were measured for each of the ewes, which were housed in individual metabolism crates for 6 d after an adaptation period of 14 d, and the feed was offered at 1.2 MEm to ensure approximately 10% orts. Methane emissions were determined in a respiration chamber for 2 consecutive d. An increase in the levels of alfalfa as a substitute for concentrate significantly increased the roughage, NSC and ADF intake and faecal N output as a proportion of N intake and manure N output. Furthermore, this increase in alfalfa input levels decreased DE, ME and N intake; nutrient digestibility; DE/GE, ME/GE and CH4 emissions per day; CH4 output expressed as a portion of the DM, OM and GE intake; and urinary N and ammonia N output, especially between extreme treatments. Alfalfa input levels had no effect on the BW, DM and GE intake; the EB or EB/GE intake; and the retained N. This study indicated that increasing alfalfa input as a substitute for concentrate could significantly decrease the digestibility, CH4 emissions and urinary N and NH4 +‐N outputs; and shift the N excretion from urine to faeces; and could sustain a similar DM intake.
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- 2019
4. Effects of substituting alfalfa hay for concentrate on energy utilization and feeding cost of crossbred Simmental male calves in Gansu Province, China
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Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Xianjiang Chen, Tianhai Yan, Toshiyoshi Ichinohe, and Fujiang Hou
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0301 basic medicine ,China ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,0402 animal and dairy science ,Energy metabolism ,Economic feasibility ,dryland ,Alfalfa hay ,beef cattle ,energy metabolism ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Beef cattle ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Feed conversion ratio ,Crossbreed ,03 medical and health sciences ,Animal science ,Corn stover ,Economic advantage ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
From August to September 2015 (trial 1 [T1]) and September to November 2015 (trial 2 [T2]), the effects of replacing concentrate feed (C) with alfalfa hay (AH) on the daily gain (DG), dietary energy utilization status and the economic advantage of AH feeding for growing beef cattle were studied in crossbred male Simmental calves (n = 18) in Gansu Province, China. The target DG was set as 1 kg for both trials. Animals in each trial were allocated to a conventional feeding group (CTRL), a low-level AH feeding group (LA), and a high-level AH feeding group (HA). In a one-way-layout design, they were fed iso-energetic experimental diets comprising harvested corn stover (CS) and C (T1-CTRL, T2-CTRL), diets replacing 22% (T1-LA) or 44% (T1-HA) of the quantity of C for T1-CTRL with AH, and diets replacing 13% (T2-LA) or 25% (T2-HA) of the quantity of C for T2-CTRL with AH. Measurements of feed intake and DG, respiration and metabolism trials were performed for 49 and 41 days in T1 and T2, respectively. Average DG did not reach the target value for HA in T1 and CTRL in T2. Energy metabolizability was slightly greater for CTRL than for LA and HA in T1 and significantly greater for CTRL than for the other groups in T2. There was no marked difference in energy metabolizability between LA and HA in both trials. Dietary substituting AH for C did not impair the feed intake of the animals, but it did not improve feed efficiency. In terms of economic feasibility, low-level AH inclusion in the diets of growing beef cattle appeared more profitable at the 1-kg DG level as compared with CTRL and high-level AH inclusion, and should be practiced in the drylands of Gansu Province, China.
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- 2017
5. Effect of dietary net energy concentration on dry matter intake and energy partition in cows in mid-lactation under heat stress
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Jun Xiao, Tianhai Yan, Xiaofei Hu, Liangrong Song, Bai Xue, Fangquan Yan, Siyan Ding, and Dengpan Bu
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0301 basic medicine ,Heat index ,Animal feed ,Chemistry ,Net energy ,0402 animal and dairy science ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Heat stress ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Milk yield ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Lactation ,medicine ,Composition (visual arts) ,Dry matter ,Food science ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Abstract
This study aimed to determine the net energy requirement of Holstein cows in mid-lactation under heat stress. Twenty-five multiparous Holstein cows were randomly allocated to five groups corresponding to five isonitrogenous total mixed rations, with net energy for lactation (NEL ) content of 6.15 (NE-6.15), 6.36 (NE-6.36), 6.64 (NE-6.64), 6.95 (NE-6.95), 7.36 (NE-7.36) MJ/kg of dry matter (DM), respectively. Throughout the experimental period the average temperature humidity index at 07.00, 14.00 and 22.00 hours was 72.1, 88.7, and 77.6, respectively. DM intake decreased significantly with the elevated dietary NEL concentration. Fat corrected milk increased quadratically, and milk fat content and milk energy (MJ/kg) reached the greatest in the NE-6.95 group with increasing dietary NEL content. Strong correlations were found between dietary NEL content and: (i) DM intake; (ii) NEL intake; (iii) milk energy (El ); (iv) El /metabolizable energy intake (MEI); (v) El /NEL intake, as well as between NEL intake and fat corrected milk yield (FCM). The suitable net energy required for dairy cows producing 1 kg FCM ranged from 5.01 to 5.03 MJ, was concluded from the above-stated regressions. Correlation between heat production (HP) and MEI could be expressed as: Log (HP) = -0.4304 + 0.2963*MEI (n = 15, R2 = 0.99, Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) = 0.18). Fasting HP was 0.3712 MJ/kg0.75 when extrapolating MEI to zero.
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- 2016
6. Evaluation of fasting metabolism of growing water buffalo (Bubalus, Bubalis)
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Xia Zhongsheng, Qiuyan Wen, Guangsheng Qin, Xianwei Liang, Caixia Zou, Bingzhuan Yang, Jianxin Liu, Chunying Pang, and Tianhai Yan
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Animal science ,biology ,Water buffalo ,Net energy ,Live weight ,Forage ,Dry matter ,General Medicine ,Bubalus ,Metabolism ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,Dairy cattle - Abstract
The objectives of the present study were to evaluate fasting metabolism (FM) of water buffalo (Bubalus, Bubalis) at three stages of growth (12, 18 and 24 months) in Guangxi, China. Five female water buffalo were used for each age group and their live weight was on average 254, 326 and 338 kg, respectively. All animals were of average body condition, healthy and de-wormed before start of the study. Prior to a 6-day fasting period, buffalo were offered a mixed diet of forage and concentrates (70% and 30%, dry matter basis) on a restricted nutritional level (419 kJ/kg(0.75) of metabolizable energy, ME) for 15 days. Gas exchanges for each animal were determined for 3 days from day 4 of starvation, using open-circuit respiratory head hoods. Fasting body weight was 0.918 of live weight (P < 0.001, r(2) = 0.99). Both fasting heat production (FHP) and FM (MJ/day) increased significantly with increased age of animals (P < 0.05). Linear regression analysis indicated a positive relationship between fasting body weight (kg(0.75)) and FHP (MJ/day, P < 0.01, r(2) = 0.49) or FM (MJ/day P < 0.01, r(2) = 0.52) when using individual animal data across three groups. However, when expressed as kJ/kg(0.75) of fasting body weight, the differences in FHP or FM between three groups of animals were not significant. The present average FHP and FM (322 and 347 kJ/kg(0.75) of fasting body weight) were compatible to those published in the literature for water buffalo, beef and dairy cattle. The present FM data were also used to estimate net energy (NE(m)) and ME (ME(m)) requirements for maintenance for water buffalo. The results for these two parameters were similar to those for FHP and FM. There was no significant difference between three groups of buffalo in NE(m) or ME(m) when expressed as kJ/kg(0.75) of live weight. The present average NE(m) and ME(m) values (347 and 506 kJ/kg(0.75) of live weight) are close to those proposed by the Agricultural and Food Research Council adopted in UK for beef and dairy cattle. The results indicate that the present FM data can be used as a basis for rationing water buffalo in China.
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- 2011
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