Development of a mechanistic model to represent the dynamics of liquid flow out of the rumen and to predict the rate of passage of liquid in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 840-855

  Seo, S ^a   Lanzas, C ^a   Tedeschi, L O ^b   Fox, D G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid passage rate; Modeling; Reticulo omasal orifice opening; Ruminai liquid dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY FLUID; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; DRINKING; FEMALE; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; SALIVA; SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; DRINKING; FEMALE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMEN; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247890082     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71568-0     Document Type: Article

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