Modeling Ruminant Feed Intake with Protein, Chemostatic, and Distention Feedbacks

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3076-3081

  Fisher, Dwight S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemostatic; Distention; Forage Quality; Intake; Models; Nutritive Value

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVIDS; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; EATING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; EATING; FEEDBACK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUMINANTS;

EID: 0030344962     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.74123076x     Document Type: Article

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