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The effect of concentrates on the rate of disappearance of digesta from the alimentary tract of cows given hay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

R. C. Campling
R. C. Campling
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
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Summary

Two experiments were conducted with non-lactating cows to examine the effect of adding concentrates to a diet of hay on the rate of disappearance of digesta from the alimentary tract. The addition of large amounts of concentrates to the diet of cows offered hay ad lib. decreased the voluntary intake of hay, increased slightly the digestibility of the organic matter and decreased markedly the digestibility of the crude fibre of the diet. Also, the addition of concentrates increased the mean time of retention of stained hay residues in the alimentary tract and increased the time/kg hay the cows spent ruminating. At the end of a meal the amount of digesta in the reticulo-rumen of the cows offered hay ad lib. with restricted amounts of concentrates was about the same as that found when offered hay ad lib. as the only food. The results are discussed in relation to the regulation of the voluntary intake of hay by the cow.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 13 - 23
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1966

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