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The voluntary intake of hay in relation to its degradability in the rumen as measured in nylon bags

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

F.D.DeB. Hovell  and
J.W.W. N'Gambi
F.D.DeB. Hovell
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
J.W.W. N'Gambi
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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An important constraint to the utilization of forages and roughages by ruminants is the voluntary intake of the feedstuff by the animal. The trial to be reported here was undertaken to study the relationships between in vivo digestibility and voluntary intake of hay by sheep, and the degradation characteristics of the hay as measured by the nylon bag technique.

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Ruminant Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 71
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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