SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE INTAKE OF ROUGHAGE BY SHEEP |
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Authors: | J. C. Murdoch |
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Affiliation: | National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading |
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Abstract: | The dry-matter intake of silage was increased when the silage had a higher dry-matter content and when the time of access to the silage was increased from 3 to 24 h. Concentrate supplementation had a greater influence in depressing the intake of hay than that of silage. Only a small difference was observed in the replacement of hay by concentrates when the concentrates were given with two hays of different dry-matter digestibility. Concentrates with a relatively high protein content depressed roughage intake to a lesser extent than concentrates with a low protein content. |
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