Intake, water consumption, ruminal fermentation, and stress response of beef heifers fed after different lengths of delays in the daily feed delivery time

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2709-2718

  Gonzalez L A ^a,c   Correa, L B ^a,b   Ferret, A ^a   Manteca, X ^a   Ruiz de la Torre J L ^a   Calsamiglia, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding time; Heifer; Ruminal pH; Stress response

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; RUMEN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM;

EID: 68849125438     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1709     Document Type: Article

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