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SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE INTAKE OF ROUGHAGE BY SHEEP
Author(s) -
Murdoch J. C.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1964.tb01179.x
Subject(s) - silage , hay , dry matter , zoology , biology , agronomy , chemistry , food science
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.