Use in Dairy Cattle:

It is stated by many researchers that the main use of barley pulp is the feeding of dairy cattle. Morrison states that 10-15 kg of fresh barley pulp can be given to dairy cattle per day to replace the same weight of silage, and that 1 kg of concentrate feed can be replaced by 4 kg of fresh barley pulp.

Johnson et al. report that 20% of the ration dry matter can be met with fresh barley pulp in dairy cattle, and that when this rate is exceeded, there is a decrease in feed consumption but no decrease in milk yield.

Use in Beef Cattle:

Preston et al. They compared a ration consisting of commercial pellet feed in fattening cattle with a ration in which 30% of the dry matter was provided by fresh barley pulp and observed that live weight gain and feed utilization were higher in the ration containing barley pulp. The researchers show that the reason for this is the elimination of liver abscesses in the ration in which barley pulp is given.

They state that 6-8 kg of barley pulp can be given to fattening cattle per day for 100 kg of live weight.

Use in Fattening Lambs:

Adu, based on his observations in a study on how much of corn can be replaced with barley pulp in fattening lambs, suggests that it is positive for fattening performance and that 60-65% of corn can be replaced with barley pulp.

McCarthy et al. Based on the results of a trial comparing barley pulp with commercial pellet feed, they reported that barley pulp with corn additive can be used as the sole feed for fattening lambs.