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A note on the effect of oxygen-compared with nitrogen-ventilated hay on energy retention of steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

K. H. Menke
Affiliation:
Abteilung Tierernaämng der Universität Hohenheim, 7000 Stuttgart 70 (Hohenheim), Germany
W. Schneider
Affiliation:
Abteilung Tierernaämng der Universität Hohenheim, 7000 Stuttgart 70 (Hohenheim), Germany
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Summary

Ventilation of hay with oxygen increased oxygen consumption (P< 0·001) and carbon dioxide formation (P<0·01) of two steers, when compared with nitrogen-ventilated hay. Heat production was about 5% higher in the oxygen-hay period than in the nitrogen-hay period (P< 0·001). No difference in digestibility of nutrients was observed between these treatments.

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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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