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Luiz Ferraretto will talk about the different factors that affect the digestibility and assimilation of starch from corn grain and corn silage and how it affects cow performance. VIDEO CONTENTS 00:00 – INTRODUCTION 4:33 – Types of Cereals 8:19 – What Holds Cows Back? Why is digestibility so important? 10:53 – Starch digestibility and hope 12:48 – Starch quality indicators 18:32 – Maize silage 22:11 – Maize grain 31:15 – Evaluation of maize silage processing and faecal starch 36:08 – Results in several studies 39:57 – Effect of storage duration 41:39 – Cleavage of zein proteins 42:23 – Stimulators of proteolysis 43:23 – Ripeness at the time of harvesting. When to start harvesting silage? 44:49 – SR% of Corn silage VS fermentation parameters 46:30 – Grain vitrification 48:42 – Grain treatment 50:54 – Faecal starch economics 59:58 – Conclusions 1:04:22 – Answers to questions ABOUT THE SPEAKER Luiz Ferraretto – Dr. of Agricultural Sciences, specialist in ruminant nutrition at the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on dairy cattle nutrition and management with an emphasis on starch and fiber assimilation, forage quality and digestibility, and forage and forage research development and evaluation. Subscribe to our channel so you don't miss the next webinar! Read our expert articles: https://avagroup.ua/blog/ Follow our news: / agrovet.avagroup #avagroup #intelligentfeeding