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This research was carried out to evaluate the effect of replacing dietary soybean meal with peanut meal, on intake and digestibility, microbial protein synthesis, and nitrogen balance in lactating cows. Twelve crossbred Holstein × Gyr cows at 84 days in milk (DIM) were distributed in a triple 4 × 4 Latin square. The treatments consisted of increasing peanut meal levels (0, 330, 670, and 1000 g/kg dry matter basis) in replacement of soybean meal in the diet. Replacing soybean meal with peanut meal had no effect on the intake and digestibility of dry matter and nutrients. Nitrogen balance and percentage of retained were similar among treatments. Microbial nitrogen synthesis and microbial protein synthesis efficiency were similar among treatments. Thus, in regions where its cost is lower, peanut meal can totally replace soybean meal in dairy cow diets without affecting nitrogen balance and microbial protein synthesis.
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We are grateful to of the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB/PB/Brazil) and Agency for Agribusiness Technology (APTA/SP/Brazil) for the contribution to the execution of this research.
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We are grateful to Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement (CAPES), National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and Agency for Agribusiness Technology (APTA) for supporting this study.
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dos Santos, F.S., Signoretti, R.D., de Oliveira, J.S. et al. Nitrogen balance and microbial protein synthesis in dairy cows fed with peanut meal to replace soybean meal. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 335 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03325-1
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