Effects of dietary soybean oil and coated folic acid on ruminal digestion kinetics, fermentation, microbial enzyme activity and bacterial abundance in Jinnan beef steers

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary soybean oil (SO) and coated folic acid (CFA) supplementation on ruminal digestion kinetics, fermentation, microbial enzyme activity and bacterial abundance in Jinnan beef steers. Eight ruminally cannulated Jinnan beef steers, averaging 15 months of age and 415 ± 5.6 kg of body weight (BW; Mean ± S.E.), were used in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square design by a 2 × 2 factorial …