Dietary Carbohydrates In Heat-Stressed Dairy Cows
Published: July 11, 2014
Summary
Rumen acidosis results from an excessive acid load in the rumen not neutralized by salivary or feed buffers. Changes in physiology, metabolism, and behavior of heat-stressed cows increase their susceptibility to both sub-acute (SARA) and acute acidosis. Mishra et al. (1970) observed lower rumen pH when cows were fed 65% forage diets under warm, humid conditions (pH 6.1; 84.9F; 85% RH) compared to...
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14 de julio de 2014
Thanks Mr Garcia and Mr Royon for the very beneficial article. I think ve generally ignore the quality of forage while we concetrate on concentrate feed
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DSM-Firmenich
29 de septiembre de 2014
What about Alfalfa and the digestability of leguminoses? Do you have experience in this area? I think we have less information in the field of heat production in digestion. Thanks for this article
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