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The effects of sequence of feed allocation within the day on microbial protein production and diet digestibility in lambs fed barley or sugar beet based diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J. M. Richardson ,
L. A. Sinclair  and
R. G. Wilkinson
J. M. Richardson
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB, UK
L. A. Sinclair
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB, UK
R. G. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB, UK
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Feeding lambs diets formulated to be synchronous in terms of hourly energy and protein supply to the rumen has been reported to improve the efficiency of energy utilisation (Richardson et al. 1999). In a previous study Sinclair et al. (1995) reported that the efficiency of microbial protein production was improved when animals were fed a synchronous diet. The objectives of the present study were to investigate whether the changes in metabolism reported by Richardson et al. (1999) may be related to rumen microbial protein production and diet digestibility.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 96
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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