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==Straw== <!----Write below this line--->
 
==Straw== <!----Write below this line--->
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===Characteristics===<!----Write below this line--->
 
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Straw (usually barley or oat for feed) can be treated with alkali, urea or ammonia.  It is commonly used as a roughage source for growing ruminants, and especially animals being reared in cereal beef systems.   
 
Straw (usually barley or oat for feed) can be treated with alkali, urea or ammonia.  It is commonly used as a roughage source for growing ruminants, and especially animals being reared in cereal beef systems.   
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Moulds/mycotoxin.  Impaction within GI tract (especially horses).  High intakes of straw (+ grains) are associated with hypomagnesaemic tetany (due to high K levels in grain and straw)   
 
Moulds/mycotoxin.  Impaction within GI tract (especially horses).  High intakes of straw (+ grains) are associated with hypomagnesaemic tetany (due to high K levels in grain and straw)   
 
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==Whole-Crop Cereal Silage== <!----Write below this line--->
 
==Whole-Crop Cereal Silage== <!----Write below this line--->
 
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