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Effect of Dietary Fiber Sources on Chewing Activity in Sheep
- Source :
- Journal of Animal Science and Technology. 49:639-646
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.
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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