Barley processing, forage:Concentrate, and forage length effects on chewing and digesta passage in lactating cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2709-2720

  Yang, W Z ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^a   Rode, L M ^a,b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Biovance Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chewing activity; Dairy cows; Feed particle size; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

DETERGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DETERGENTS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASTICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RUMEN;

EID: 0035754615     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74725-X     Document Type: Article

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