Voluntary Feed Intake of Pelleted Diets for Cattle, Sheep and Rabbits as Affected by Different Alkali Supplements
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- ruminant nutrition
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 27 (5) , 1418-1425
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1968.2751418x
Abstract
Four fistulated Holstein heifers and four wethers were used in a Latin square experiment to determine the effect of adding Ca(OH)2, Na2CO3 or NaHCO3 to a pelleted high-concentrate diet on voluntary intake. In all cases, the alkali supplements significantly (P2 was superior to the other two supplements for wethers (P2 added to a complete rabbit diet significantly (P<0.01) increased feed intake and growth rate. It also increased cecal pH and plasma free fatty acids while decreasing (P<0.01) blood VFA.Keywords
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