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Effect of replacing rolled barley with swedes or potatoes on the intake and rumen volatile fatty acid composition of lambs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

E. R. Ørskov ,
R. P. Andrews  and
J. C. Gill
E. R. Ørskov
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
R. P. Andrews
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
J. C. Gill
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9SB
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Summary

The effect of gradually replacing barley with swedes or potatoes on intake of digestible dry matter and on the volatile fatty acid (VFA) composition of liquor was measured in an experiment with eight female and four castrated male sheep approximately six months old. The total intake of digestible dry matter was greatest when rolled barley was given at two-thirds of estimated maximal intake and roots given ad libitum. The intake of digestible dry matter was reduced to 80% of the highest intake when all the barley was substituted with swedes and to 70% of the highest intake when all the barley was substituted with potatoes. Replacing barley with roots had little or no influence on VFA composition.

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Animal Production , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 1969 , pp. 187 - 194
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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