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How is urea converted to protein?

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Provided that a sufficient amount of readily digestible carbohydrate grain is present in the ration, ruminal microorganisms will manufacture microbial protein from the ammonia that is released from urea. If the carbohydrates are not available at the time of ruminal ammonia release, the ammonia cannot be incorporated into microbial protein and is absorbed from the rumen into the blood and excreted in the urine.

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