Metabolic Constraints on Voluntary Intake in Ruminants

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3052-3062

  Illius, A W ^a   Jessop, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metabolism; Ruminants; Voluntary Intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVIDS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUMINANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030345678     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.74123052x     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. AFRC. 1993. Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants. An Advisory Manual Prepared by the AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K.
2. Argyle, J. L., and R. L. Baldwin. 1988. Modeling of rumen water kinetics and effects of rumen pH changes. J. Dairy Sci. 71:1178.
3. Baile, C. A., and C. L. McLaughlin. 1987. Mechanisms controlling feed intake in ruminants: A review. J. Anim. Sci. 64:915.
4. Bailey, C. B. 1961. Saliva secretion and its relation to feeding in cattle. Br. J. Nutr. 15:443.
5. Baldwin, R. L., J. France, and M. Gill. 1987. Metabolism of the lactating cow. I. Animal elements of a mechanistic model. J. Dairy Res. 54:77.
6. Baldwin, R. L., and R. D. Sainz. 1995. Bottlenecks for improvement of future models in animal nutrition science. In: A. Danfaer and P. Lescoat (ed.) Proceedings of IV International Workshop on Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals p 163. National Institute for Animal Science, Jele, Denmark.
7. Baldwin, R. L., N. E. Smith, J. Taylor, and M. Sharp. 1980. Manipulating metabolic parameters to improve growth rate and milk secretion. J. Anim. Sci. 51:1416.
8. Beever, D. E. 1993. Ruminant animal production from forages: Present position and future possibilities. In: M. J. Baker (ed.) Grasslands for our World, p 535. SIR Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand.
9. Booth, D. A. 1978. Prediction of feeding behaviour from energy flows in the rat. In: D. A. Booth (ed.) Hunger Models. Computable Theory of Feeding Control, pp 227-278. Academic Press, London.
10. Booth, D. A. 1985. Food-conditioned eating preferences and aversions with interoceptive elements: Conditioned appetites and satieties. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 443:22.
11. Bryant, J. P. 1981. Phytochemical deterrence of snowshoe hare browsing by adventitious shoots of four Alaskan trees. Science 213:889.
12. Bryant, J. P., and P. J. Kuropat. 1980. Selection of winter forage by subarctic browsing vertebrates: The role of plant chemistry. Annu. Rev. Syst. Ecol. 11:261.
13. Burritt, E. A., and F. D. Provenza. 1992 Lambs form preferences for non-nutritive flavors paired with glucose. J. Anim. Sci. 70:1133.
14. Clark, R. C., O. E. Budtz-Olsen, R. B. Cross, P. Finnamore, and P. A. Bauert. 1973. The importance of the salivary glands in the maintenance of phosphorus homeostasis in the sheep. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 24:913.
15. Crabtree, B. 1993. Metabolic Regulation. In: J. M. Forbes and J. France (ed.) Quantitative Aspects of Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism. CABI, Wallingford, U.K.
16. Cropper, M. R. 1987. Growth and development of sheep in relation to feeding strategy. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
17. Czerkawski, J. W. 1986. An Introduction to Rumen Studies. Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K.
18. Emmans, G. C. 1991. Diet selection by animals: Theory and experimental design. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 50:59.
19. Emmans, G. C., and I. Kyriazakis. 1995. The idea of optimisation in animals: Uses and dangers. Livest. Prod. Sci. 44:189.
20. Egan, A. R. 1977. Nutritional status and intake regulation in sheep. VIII. Relationships between the voluntary intake of herbage by sheep and the protein/energy ratio in the digestion products. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 28:907.
21. Evvard, J. M. 1915. Is the appetite of swine a reliable indication of physiological needs? Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 21:375.
22. Fisher, D. S., J. C. Burns, and K. R. Pond. 1987. Modeling ad libitum DM intake by ruminants as regulated by distension and chemostatic feedbacks. J. Theor. Biol. 126:407.
23. Forbes, J. M. 1980. A model of the short-term control of feeding in the ruminant: Effects of changing animal or feed characteristics. Appetite 1:21.
24. Freeman, C. P. 1979. The tryptophan requirements of broiler chicks. Br. Poult. Sci. 20:27.
25. Gill, M., J.H.M Thornley, J. M. Black, J. D. Oldham, and D. E. Beever. 1984. Simulation of the metabolism of absorbed energy-yielding nutrients by the young sheep. Br. J. Nutr. 52:621.
26. Gordon, I. J., and A. W. Illius. 1996. The nutritional ecology of ruminants: A reinterpretation. J. Anim. Ecol. 65:18.
27. Hou, X. Z. 1991. Diet selection in sheep. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
28. Hou, X. Z., A. B. Lawrence, A. W. Illius, D. Anderson, and J. D. Oldham. 1991. Operant studies on feed selection in sheep. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 50:95A.
29. Houpt, K. A. 1982. Gastrointestinal factors in hunger and satiety. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 6:145.
30. Houston, A., and B. Sumida. 1985. A positive feedback model for switching between two activities. Anim. Behav. 33:315.
31. Illius, A. W., and M. S. Allen. 1994. Assessing forage quality using integrated models of intake and digestion by ruminants. In: G. C. Fahey (ed.) Forage Quality, Evaluation, and Utilization, pp 869-890. ASA, CSSA, SSA. Madison, WI.
32. Illius, A. W., and I. J. Gordon. 1991. Prediction of intake and digestion in ruminants by a model of rumen kinetics integrating animal size and plant characteristics. J. Agric. Sci. 116:145.
33. Illius, A. W., and I. J. Gordon. 1992. Modelling the nutritional ecology of ungulate herbivores: Evolution of body size and competitive interactions. Oecologia (Berlin) 89:428.
34. Illius, A. W., and I. J. Gordon. 1993. Diet selection in mammalian herbivores - constraints and tactics. In: R. N. Hughes (ed.) Diet Selection. Blackwells, Oxford, U.K.
35. Illius, A. W., and N. S. Jessop. 1995. Modelling metabolic costs of allelochemical ingestion by foraging herbivores. J. Chem. Ecol. 21:693.
36. Kimambo, A. E., J. C. MacRae, A. Walter, C. F. Watt, and R. L. Coop. 1988. Effect of prolonged subclinical infection with Trichostrongylus colubriformis on the performance and nitrogen metabolism of growing lambs. Vet. Parasitol. 28:191.
37. Kyriazakis, I. 1994. The voluntary food intake and diet selection of pigs. In: D.J.A. Cole, J. Wiseman, and M. A. Varley (ed.) Principles of Pig Science, p 89. Nottingham Univ. Press, Nottingham, U.K.
38. Kyriazakis, I., D. H. Anderson, J. D. Oldham, R. L. Coop, and F. Jackson. 1996. Long-term subclinical infection with Trichostrongylus colubriformis: Effects on food intake, diet selection and performance of growing lambs. Vet. Parasitol. 61:297.
39. Kyriazakis, I., and G. C. Emmans. 1991. Diet selection in pigs: Dietary choices made by growing pigs following a period of underfeeding with protein. Anim. Prod. 52: 337.
40. Kyriazakis, I., G. C. Emmans, and C. T. Whittemore. 1990. Diet selection in pigs: Choices made by growing pigs given foods of different protein concentrations. Anim. Prod. 51:189.
41. Kyriazakis, L, and J. D. Oldham. 1993. Diet selection in sheep: The ability of growing lambs to select a diet that meets the crude protein nitrogen x 6.25 requirements. Br. J. Nutr. 69:617.
42. Kyriazakis, I., J. D. Oldham, R. L. Coop, and F. Jackson. 1994. The effect of subclinical intestinal nematode infection on the diet selection of growing sheep. Br. J. Nutr. 72:665.
43. Le Magnen, J. 1985. Hunger, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
44. Leng, R. A. 1990. Factors affecting the utilization of "poor quality" forages by ruminants, particularly under tropical conditions. Nutr. Res. Rev. 3:277.
45. Leng, R. A., and J. V. Nolan. 1984. Nitrogen metabolism in the rumen. J. Dairy Sci. 67:1072.
46. Manston, R. 1967. The influence of dietary calcium and phosphorus concentration on their absorption in the cow. J. Agric. Sci. 68: 263.
47. Marenchenko, G. V., J. P. McNamara, B. Becker-Khaleel, and K. Parmley. 1992. Growth hormone alters metabolic effects and proteolysis of insulin in adipose tissue during lactation. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 200:57.
48. Mathison, G. W., E. K. Okine, A. S. Vaage, M. Kaske, and L. P. Milligan. 1995. Current understanding of the contribution of the propulsive activities in the forestomach to the flow of digesta. In: W. V. Englehardt, S. Leonhard-Marek, G. Breves, and D. Giesecke (ed.) Ruminant Physiology: Digestion, Metabolism, Growth and Reproduction, p 23 Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.
49. McClymont, G. L. 1967. Selectivity and intake in the grazing ruminant. In: C. F. Cope (ed.) Handbook of Physiology, Section 6, Alimentary Tract, 1:129-137. Am. Physiol. Soc., Washington, DC.
50. Mertens, D. R., and L. O. Ely. 1982. Relationship of rate and extent of digestion to forage utilization - a dynamic model evaluation. J. Anim. Sci. 54:895.
51. Newman, J. A., A. J. Parsons, J.H.M. Thornley, P. D. Penning, and J. R. Krebs. 1995. Optimal diet selection by a generalist grazing herbivore. Funct. Ecol. 9:255.
52. Ørskov, E. R., and I. McDonald. 1979. The estimation of protein degradability in the rumen from incubation measurements weighted according to rate of passage. J. Agric. Sci. 92:499.
53. Ørskov, E. E., I. McDonald, C. Fraser, and E. L. Corse. 1971. The nutrition of the early weaned lamb. III. The effect of ad libitum intake of diets varying in protein concentration on performance and on body composition at different liveweights. J. Agric. Sci. 77:351.
54. Pine, A. P., N. S. Jessop, and J. D. Oldham. 1994. Maternal protein reserves and their influence on lactational performance in rats. Br. J. Nutr. 71:13.
55. Poppi, D. P., M. Gill, and J. France. 1994. Integration of theories of intake regulation in growing ruminants. J. Theor. Biol. 167: 129.
56. Poppi, D. P., J. C. MacRae, A. C. Brewer, and R. L. Coop. 1986. Nitrogen transactions in the digestive tract of lambs exposed to the intestinal parasite Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Br. J. Nutr. 55:593.
57. Provenza, F. D. 1995. Postingestional feedback as an elementary determinant of food preference and intake in ruminants. J. Range Manage. 48:2.
58. Provenza, F. D., and J. C. Malechek. 1984. Diet selection by domestic goats in relation to blackbrush twig chemistry. J. Appl. Ecol. 21:831.
59. Provenza, F. D., L. Ortega-Reyes, C. B. Scott, J. J. Lynch, and E. A. Burritt. 1994. Antiemetic drugs attenuate food aversions in sheep. J. Anim. Sci. 72:1989.
60. Ramanzin, M., L. Bailoni, and G. Bittante. 1994. Solubility, waterholding capacity, and specific gravity of different concentrates. J. Dairy Sci. 77:774.
61. Ranhotra, G. S., and R. M. Jordan. 1966. Protein and energy requirements of lambs weaned at six to eight weeks of age as determined by growth and digestion studies. J. Anim. Sci. 25: 630.
62. Reichl, J. R., and R. L. Baldwin. 1975. Rumen modeling: Input-output balance models. J. Dairy Sci. 58:879.
63. Richter, C. P., L. E. Holt, and B. Barelare. 1938. Nutritional requirements for normal growth and reproduction in rats studied by the self-selection method. Am. J. Physiol. 122:734.
64. Robinson, J. J. 1990. Nutrition in the reproduction of farm animals. Nutr. Res. Rev. 3:253.
65. Rogers, Q. R., and A. R. Egan. 1975. Amino acid imbalance in the liquid-fed lamb. Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 28:169.
66. Sinclair, L. A., P. C. Garnsworthy, P. Beardsworth, P. Freeman, and P. J. Buttery. 1991. The use of cytosine as a marker to estimate microbial protein synthesis in the rumen. Anim. Prod. 52:592 (Abstr.).
67. Sinclair, L. A., P. C. Garnsworthy, J. R. Newbold, and P. J. Buttery. 1993. Effect of synchronizing the rate of dietary energy and nitrogen release on rumen fermentation and microbial protein synthesis in sheep. J. Agric. Sci. 120:251.
68. Smith, G. P., and J. Gibbs. 1979. Postprandial satiety. Prog. Psychobiol. Physiol. Psychol. 8:179.
69. Sniffen, C. J., J. D. O'Connor, P. J. Van Soest, D. G. Fox, and J. B. Russell. 1992. A net carbohydrate and protein system for evaluating cattle diets: II. Carbohydrate and protein availability. J. Anim. Sci. 70:3562.
70. Stephens, D. W., and J. R. Krebs, 1986. Foraging Theory. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
71. Swithers, S. E., and W. G. Hall. 1994. Does oral experience terminate ingestion? Appetite 23:113.
72. Tolkamp, B. J., and J.J.M.K. Ketelaars. 1992, Toward a new theory of feed intake regulation in ruminants. 2. Costs and benefits of feed consumption: An optimization approach. Livest. Prod. Sci. 30:297.
73. Warner, A.C.I., and B. D. Stacy. 1968. The fate of water in the rumen. 2. Water balances throughout the feeding cycle in sheep. Br. J. Nutr. 22:389.