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The digestibility of diets containing processed dried lucerne by sheep and cows
Author(s) -
THOMAS S.,
CAMPLING R. C.
Publication year - 1979
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.1365-2494.1979.tb01460.x
Subject(s) - hay , dry matter , milking , zoology , biology , organic matter , agronomy , rumen , food science , ecology , fermentation
A series of trials was conducted to compare the digestibility of organic matter in castrated male sheep and non‐lactating and lactating cows given diets containing lucerne cobs. Similar digestibility coefficients were determined when sheep and non‐lactating cows were given hay and lucerne cobs, but lactating cows digested diets of hay, lucerne cobs and concentrates less well than sheep. It is concluded that if sheep are used in digestibility trials with diets containing processed lucerne and concentrates intended for milking cows, appreciable errors of prediction of digestibility of organic matter may arise.