The efficiency of chewing during eating and ruminating in goats and sheep.

اثر سیلاژ شبدر ایرانی فرآوری شده با کربوهیدرات‌های سهل الهضم و آنزیم بر مصرف خوراک، قابلیت هضم، رفتار جویدن و افزایش وزن در گوسفند زل

  This study has been conducted in order to investigation the effects of Iranian clover silage processing with easily degradable carbohydrates and enzyme on intake, digestibility, chewing behavior and weight gain in Zell sheep. 16 head of zell lamb fed with TMR (Dry Matter basis) including 40% forage (25% clover silage and 15% wheat bran) and 60% concentrate. The experimental design was CRD. Da...

Effects of Alfalfa Particle Size on Ensalivation Rate, Chewing Efficiency, and Functional Specific Gravity of Particulate Matter in Hereford Steers

Six ruminally fistulated Hereford steers (body weight=414±13 kg) were used in a switch back design to determine whether two particle sizes of alfalfa hay (18.75 and 4.65 mm theoretical cut length) influenced salivary secretion during eating. The experiment carried out in two 26-d periods, with 11-d of adaptation to ration, followed by 5 d for determining the level of voluntary feed intake, 7-d ...

Effects of Feeding Methods of Total Mixed Ration on Behavior Patterns of Growing Hanwoo Steers

A study was conducted to investigate the effects of methods of feeding a total mixed ration (TMR) on behavior patterns of growing Hanwoo steers. A total of 15 growing steers (13 months old) were assigned to the control (fed roughage and concentrate mix separately), TMR1 (fed restricted TMR), and TMR2 (fed TMR ad libitum) groups. Individual behaviors of steers were observed for 48 hours. Compare...

Observations on the efficiency of thiabendazole, albendazole and brotianide against natural dicrocoeliasis in sheep and goats in Iran

Time-dependent transition probabilities and the assessment of seasonal effects on within-day variations in chewing behaviour of housed sheep.

State transitions in the chewing behaviour of six half-breed (Île de FrancexTexel) yearling female sheep (Ovis aries L.) were studied by using jaw movements recorded continuously over 5 days at the end of a number of experimental periods from 21 September 1992 to 4 April 1993. The sheep were housed in individual pens. Each of them received the same diet, that is, 250 g/day of concentrate mix (1...