PARTICULATE AND FLUID PASSAGE STUDIES IN SHEEP FED A HAY-BASED DIET

1 December 1984

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Vol. 64 (5) , 77-79
https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas84-165

Abstract

Cr-mordanted fiber, Cr-impregnated cellulose, ¹⁶⁹ytterbium, ⁵¹Cr-EDT and PEG were compared as digesta passage rate markers in the stomachs and the whole tract in sheep fed hay (80%) and concentrates (20%). Mean retention times of the particulate markers are in the order Cr-mord. > Cr-cell > ¹⁶⁹Yb. Cr-EDTA gives more consistent results than PEG. Key words: Particulate markers, fluid markers, mean retention time, rumen, whole tract, feeding frequency, hay, sheep

Keywords

FIBER
SHEEP
FLUID
WORDS
HAY
PASSAGE
PARTICULATE
FED
51CR
169YTTERBIUM

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