Influence of feed intake fluctuation and frequency of feeding on nutrient digestion, digesta kinetics, and ruminal fermentation profiles in limit-fed steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2215-2222

  Soto Navarro, S A ^a,c   Krehbiel, C R ^a,d   Duff, G C ^a   Galyean, M L ^b   Brown, M S ^a   Steiner, R L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Digestibility; Fluctuations; Food Restriction; Frequency

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATTLE; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NITROGEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN;

EID: 0034244201     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7882215x     Document Type: Article

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