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In summer, green forage grasses grow vigorously and come in many varieties. They are not only green in color, tender and juicy, and easy to digest, but also rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, making them an ideal high-quality feed for fattening beef cattle and draft cattle. However, although green feed is good, problems can also arise if it is used improperly when feeding cattle. The three points to note when feeding cattle with green feed are introduced below:

1. Note that green feed should not be used alone. Green feed is an indispensable high-quality feed for fattening beef cattle, but it contains too much water and little dry matter. If beef cattle (especially beef cattle in the late fattening stage) are fed only green feed, although they eat very full, the dry matter energy their bodies absorb cannot meet the needs for muscle growth and fat deposition. Therefore, when using green feed to fatten beef cattle, it is essential to supplement and mix in an appropriate amount of dried green hay, grain feed (corn, sorghum, etc.) and protein feed (soybean cake, peanut cake, etc.), so that the fattening effect can be more remarkable.

2. Note the risk of nitrite and hydrocyanic acid poisoning. When feeding beef cattle and draft cattle with green, juicy feed, first, do not use leafy vegetable feed that has been piled up for too long (such as radish leaves, cabbage leaves, etc.), because they contain nitrate, and spoilage bacteria can reduce nitrate to nitrite, causing poisoning after cattle eat it; second, do not feed corn seedlings, sorghum seedlings or flax leaves, because they contain cyanogenic glycosides, which generate hydrocyanic acid in the rumen after cattle eat them and cause poisoning.

3. Note that young and tender legume forage should not be fed in excessive amounts. This is because legume forage has good protein quality, is rich in vitamins and trace elements, and has good palatability. Especially at the young and tender stage, it contains saponin. If cattle eat too much, a large amount of foam is produced in their rumen, which can easily cause rumen bloat in cattle.