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The effect of non forage fibre on energy balance and
feeding behaviour of heat stressed cows
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Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel
Publication date: 2004-08-30
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A. Arieli
Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2004;13(Suppl. 1):615-618
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We examined the effect of replacing wheat hay with soya hulls on energy balance and feeding
behaviour in mid-lactating dairy cows fed with concentrate diets and raised under summer condition.
Cows were individually fed and faecal output was assessed by internal marker. Heat production was
estimated from heart rate monitoring. Metabolizable energy intake, milk energy, heat production and
energy balance, and pattern feed intake were similar in the two dietary groups. It was concluded that
replacing forage NDF with NDF from non forage source, like soya hulls, is not an efficient means to
reduce metabolic heat production in heat stressed cows.
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