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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2026

Effects of Substituting Dietary Corn with Grain Byproducts on Fattening Hu Sheep: Growth Performance, Rumen Fermentation, Energy-Nitrogen Metabolism and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Xianliu Wang, Na Ren, Zibin Zheng, Zhenyu Su, Chenxi Dong, Xiaoxiao Du, Jiaxin Qin, Wei Zhang, Liwen He

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Xianliu WangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Na RenState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2093-8111
Zibin ZhengState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0021-8910
Zhenyu SuState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Chenxi DongState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Xiaoxiao DuState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Jiaxin QinState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Wei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Liwen HeState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8578-710X

Funding

China Agriculture Research System-39 CARS-39National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFD1300905-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grain byproducts can serve as cost-effective alternatives to corn, but may lead to reduced production performance and increased greenhouse gas emissions. This study aimed to investigate the effects of replacing corn with the grain byproducts (wheat bran, sprayed corn bran) subjected to bacterial-enzymatic fermentation treatment or not in Hu sheep, mainly focusing on production performance, energy-nitrogen metabolism, rumen fermentation and greenhouse gas emissions. A total of fifty-four 6-month-old Hu sheep were divided into three groups, with 6 pens per group and 3 sheep per pen, and then randomly allocated to one of the three dietary groups for 60 days, i.e., a control group (CON), a group (RC) that corn was partially (~42%) replaced with grain byproducts, and a group (BF) that corn was partially replaced by fermented grain byproducts. Compared with the CON group, the RC group showed numerically lower rumen total volatile fatty acid (TVFA) concentration and its propionate proportion, nitrogen retention content (NR; -10.22%) and its retention ratio (NR/NI decreased by 4.27 percentage points, absolute reduction from 24.30% to 20.04%), corresponding to a relative decrease of 17.6%.) as well as a numerically reduced net profit (-2.18%) with a decreased feed price (-¥0.16/kg TMR). Meanwhile, the RC group showed a significant increase in the relative abundance of

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bacterial-enzymatic fermentationfattening sheepgrain byproductsmethane mitigationmicrobial community

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PMCPMC12984086

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