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Motility of the reticulum and rumen of sheep given juice-extracted pasture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2007

L. M. McLeay ,
D. C. Kokich ,
H-U. Hockey  and
T. E. Trigg
L. M. McLeay
Affiliation:
School of Science, University of Waikato
D. C. Kokich
Affiliation:
School of Science, University of Waikato
H-U. Hockey
Affiliation:
School of Science, University of Waikato
T. E. Trigg
Affiliation:
Ruakura Animal Research Station, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Abstract

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1. Sheep were fed on different diets of juice-extracted herbage to determine what effect juice-extraction had on reticulo-rumen motility.

2. The frequency of A and B sequences of contraction of the reticulo-rumen were recorded during eating, rumination and inactivity for continuous periods of 24–72 h by using integrated electromyograms obtained from electrodes implanted in the musculature of the reticulum and cranial dorsal rumen.

3. Animals were fed on herbage in which approximately 200 g/kg dry matter had been removed in juice extracted from ryegrass (Lolium perenne), white clover (Trifolium repens), mixed ryegrass–white clover and lucerne (Medicago saliva).

4. Over all the frequency of A sequences of contraction did not differ in animals fed on pressed herbage or the unpressed material from which it was derived, although it was slower during rumination on some of the pressed material. In contrast, the frequency of B sequences was higher on the pressed material. The frequencies of contraction of A and B sequences in animals fed on pressed herbage was related to the activity of the animals in the order eating > rumination > inactivity.

5. Changes in reticulo-rumen motility due to juice extraction were small and the frequencies of A and B sequences of contraction in sheep fed on pressed herbage were in the range encountered in ruminants consuming more conventional foods.

Type
Paper on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , January 1982 , pp. 79 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1982

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