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アオガリ トウモロコシ サイレージ キュウヨジ ニオケル メンヨウ ノ サイショク ハンスウ コウドウ ニツイテ
Title Alternative (English)
The Eating and Rumination Behaviour in Sheep Fed only Corn Silage
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language
eng
Author
Fujihara, Tsutomu
Harumoto, Tadashi
Description
The eating and rumination behaviour was investigated in sheep fed only corn silage diet (A, B or C) which was made in different year and the following results were obtained.
1) The time spent eating silage B was fairly long, but not significantly, as compared with that in silages A and C, and consequently, the eating rate with silage B was markedly slower than those with silages A and C. The rumination appearance (lag time after feeding) was fairly shorter with silage C than with silages A and B, but not significantly because there was a quite large variation between individuals.
2) Daily time spent ruminating tended to be longer after feeding silage C than after feeding of silage A or B. The daily number of rumination periods was slightly more with silage C than with silages A and B, and cyclic rate was clearly longer with silage C than with silages A and B.
3) In rumination efficiency, rumination index (time spent ruminating/100g D. M. eaten) was significantly high in silage A feeding as compared with those in feedings of silages B and C. Bolus time was clearly longer with silage C than those with silages A and B. The rumination chewing rate was significantly higher in feeding of silage A than in feedings of silages B and C. These findings obviously suggest that the quality of silages clearly influence the rumination behaviour, especially on rumination index and chewing rate during rumination.
Journal Title
Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Shimane University
Volume
23
Start Page
197
End Page
203
ISSN
0370940X
Published Date
1989-12-21
NCID
AN00108015
Publisher
島根大学農学部
Publisher Aalternative
Shimane University, Faculty of Agriculture
NII Type
Departmental Bulletin Paper
OAI-PMH Set
Faculty of Life and Environmental Science
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