Sentence examples for sole forage from inspiring English sources

The 2 treatments were a diet containing alfalfa silage as the sole forage (AL) and a diet containing orchardgrass silage as the sole forage (OG).

Treatments were a diet with alfalfa silage as the sole forage (AL) and a diet with orchardgrass silage as the sole forage (OG).

Total mixed rations containing either AS or CS as the sole forage source were balanced to be isocaloric and isonitrogenous.

Experimental treatments were diets containing either a) alfalfa silage (AL) or b) orchardgrass silage (OG) as the sole forage.

Feeding alfalfa hay as the sole forage source improved feed efficiency compared with diets containing corn silage.

Results of this trial indicate that feeding a blend of annual ryegrass and corn silage is more desirable than feeding diets based on RS as the sole forage.

We theorized that adding corn silage to a total mixed ration with alfalfa hay as the sole dietary forage would improve nutrient intake and chewing activity and thereby improve rumen fermentation and milk production.

The forage-to-concentrate ratio was 50 50 [dry matter (DM) basis], and fresh chopped sugarcane was the sole source of forage.

Indeed, the major benefit of group living in allodapines is avoidance of total brood failure [ 18], and this benefit is greatest when comparing single- with two-female colonies, because brood in the former colonies are unprotected when the sole adult is foraging [ 18].

The DM, OM and NDF intakes (g/kg W0.75/day) were similar among the diets of FR PM mixtures (means equal to 58.08, 51.68 and 39.27, respectively), but were significantly higher than those of the sole FR and PM forage diets, which were also similar (means equal to 36.13, 31.97 and 24.33, respectively).

Crude protein intake (g/kg W0.75/day) was highest in the 75% FR diet (6.16), but similar to those of other mixed forages and sole FR, and the significantly lowest value was in the sole PM diet (2.54).