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Effect of Dietary Fiber Sources on Chewing Activity in Sheep

Authors :
I.J. Seo
Myeong-Hwa Kim
Won-Jai Maeng
Sang-Rak Lee
Source :
Journal of Animal Science and Technology. 49:639-646
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of fiber sources on chewing activity, five sheep were consecutively fed diets containing 45% of a fiber source selected from 7 tested fiber sources of alfalfa hay cube (AHC), corn cob (CC), corn silage (CS), cotton seed hull (CSH), peanut hull (PHL), rice straw (RS) and sugarcane bagasse (SCB). Number of chew showed significantly higher value in CC (p

Details

ISSN :
15989429
Volume :
49
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Animal Science and Technology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........92931fcd58212d070835f4645b53a38e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5187/jast.2007.49.5.639