Can cows eat a small amount of urea? Why do cows like to eat urea?

The reason why cows like to eat urea is related to the rumen. The rumen has a large volume and is the storage room of the cow. When eating, the cow will store a large amount of food in the rumen. When resting after eating, the cow will regurgitate the large indigestible food, slowly chew it up and put it into the true stomach for digestion.

Can cattle eat small amounts of urea?

Urea is easy to decompose and react with water, so after adding urea to the feed grass, it is necessary to wait at least 1 hour before feeding water, otherwise it is easy to cause the cattle to show signs of poisoning. In addition, the amount of urea fed should not be too much. Immature calves cannot eat it, and cattle weighing more than 200 kilograms should be fed no more than 30 grams a day, no more than 3 times a month.

If you want to feed urea to cattle, remember that you cannot dissolve urea in water and then feed it to cattle or give it too much at one time, otherwise it will cause poisoning to cattle. If cattle are poisoned and not treated in time, they will die. Therefore, inexperienced people should never try it. You must do it under the guidance of experienced people, otherwise it is easy to cause losses. Everyone remember this.

Why do cows like to eat urea?

I believe everyone knows that cows have several stomachs, one of which is called the rumen. The main function of the rumen is the first digestive system. After food enters the rumen, it reacts with the microorganisms inside and is then converted into the energy needed by the body, such as the formation of protein and other nutrients. However, cows eat grass in most cases, which is difficult to digest. In order to help cows digest food and promote protein synthesis, some urea can be added to these green fodders to promote the digestion ability of cows, and it can react well with microorganisms to synthesize protein and be directly absorbed.

Urea is often used more in winter, because green fodder is scarce in winter, and most of it is dry grass, so it is difficult for cattle to digest. At this time, urea is needed to help cattle digest. Each pound of urea reacts with the microorganisms in the rumen, and the protein produced is equivalent to the amount that can be obtained by eating 20 to 30 pounds of grain or about 3 pounds of crude protein. So don't underestimate the role of urea. It can promote cattle to grow fat in winter, especially beef cattle, and the effect is better.

What happens if cattle eat too much urea?

Cows eat urea because they eat too much, and if they drink water after eating urea or feed urea to unweaned calves, they will definitely die. Cows can use non-protein nitrogen feeds such as urea because they have a rumen, which contains countless bacteria and ciliates. These bacteria and ciliates can use the ammonia decomposed by urea to synthesize bacterial proteins. These bacterial proteins are decomposed and digested by the digestive juices secreted by the abomasum in the abomasum and absorbed and utilized by the cow's body. If too much urea is eaten, the decomposed ammonia exceeds the speed of synthesis and utilization by microorganisms, and urea poisoning will occur.