The duration of time that beef cattle are fed a high-grain diet affects the recovery from a bout of ruminal acidosis: Dry matter intake and ruminal fermentation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5729-5742

  Schwaiger, T ^a,b   Beauchemin, K A ^b   Penner, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Diet adaptation; Lactate; Ruminal acidosis; Ruminal ph; Short chain fatty acid absorption

Indexed keywords

BOS; HORDEUM;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE; TIME;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; DIET; FEMALE; RUMEN; STOMACH DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888156095     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6471     Document Type: Article

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