Uittreksel
To determine if beef bulls adjust their chewing pattern to avoid ruminal acidosis, the chewing behaviour of double-muscled (dm) and non-dm bulls was studied with a concentrate based diet, with and without straw. The conformation (dm or not) had no influence on chewing behaviour. The removal of the straw resulted in an importantly increased DM-intake. When fed 100% concentrates, significant rumination activity was recorded. Removing the roughage from the diet had no influence on time of eating, but induced a slight shift towards relatively more rumination during the second half of the day.
Oorspronkelijke taal | Engels |
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Titel | JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND FEED SCIENCES : 10th International Symposium Ruminant Physiology |
Aantal pagina’s | 4 |
Volume | 13 |
Plaats productie | Kopenhagen |
Publicatiedatum | 2004 |
Pagina's | 627-630 |
Publicatiestatus | Gepubliceerd - 2004 |
Evenement | 10th International Symposium Ruminant Physiology - Kopenhagen, Denemarken Duur: 30-aug.-2004 → 4-sep.-2004 |