Development of a model of voluntary food intake and energy balance in lactating cows
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Animal Science
- Vol. 24 (2) , 203-214
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003356100011673
Abstract
SUMMARY: Voluntary intake of a range of feeds by cows is predicted on the assumption that the cows will satisfy their energy requirements unless physical limitations intervene. Predicted patterns of intake throughout lactation agree generally with observed changes, including an eventual plateau in body weight due to a predicted physical equilibrium between abdominal fat and gut contents. An attempt to incorporate a depression in milk yield when physical limitations prevented energy requirements being met by food intake was successful only with good quality feeds.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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