Effect of double-muscling and of removing straw,
fed besides concentrates, on the chewing
behaviour of bulls

To determine if beef bulls adjust their chewing pattern to avoid ruminal acidosis, the chewing behaviour of double-muscled (dm) and non-dm bulls was studied with a concentrate based diet, with and without straw. The conformation (dm or not) had no influence on chewing behaviour. The removal of the straw resulted in an importantly increased DM-intake. When fed 100% concentrates, significant rumination activity was recorded. Removing the roughage from the diet had no influence on time of eating, but induced a slight shift towards relatively more rumination during the second half of the day.

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Erik Nordkvist, Tina Zuidema, Rik G. Herbes, Bjorn J.A. Berendsen
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