
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bettenay, RA 
T1  - Comparison of caustic soda-treated barley and rolled barley in the ration of dairy cows
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1980
VL  - 20
IS  - 105
SP  - 394
EP  - 397
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9800394 
N2  - A trial was conducted with 28 milking cows individually fed in pens over a 10-week period to test the hypothesis that processing of barley grain by spraying with a caustic soda solution would have advantages over rolling the grain, at least at the higher level of 50% barley in the complete ration. Spray treatment was found to be a suitable alternative but had no significant advantage for milk yield and composition, or liveweight gain. Intake was higher in the initial period with caustic soda-treated barley, but the difference did not persist beyond the second week. The cost of spraying the grain was greater than the cost of crushing it. 
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