Short communication: Effect of the feed presentation form on the intake pattern, productive traits and rumen pH of beef cattle fed high concentrate diets

Short communication: Effect of the feed presentation form on the intake pattern, productive traits and rumen pH of beef cattle fed high concentrate diets

Nutritional disorders like ruminal acidosis are common in Spanish beef production system, in which animals are fed diets with a high content in starch. This experiment studied the effect of feed presentation form (concentrate and straw offered separately, CD, or mixed in form of briquettes, BR) on t...

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Main Authors: Antonio Gimeno, Alberto Dieste, Abdelmuhsen Al Alami, Antonio de Vega, Carlos Castrillo, Manuel Fondevila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria 2014-10-01
Series:Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
Subjects:
feed processing
high-grain feeding
rate of intake
Online Access:http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/6439

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http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/6439

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