Eating Rate and Preference of Different Concentrate Components for Cattle.
From: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Kungsängen Research Center, SE-753 23 Uppsala, Sweden. Eva.Sporndly@huv.slu.se
Journal of dairy science
- Publish Date: Jun 2006
- ISSN: 1525-3198
- Volume: 89
- Issue: 6
- Pages: 2188-99
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Spörndly E, Asberg T, et al. Eating Rate and Preference of Different Concentrate Components for Cattle.. J. Dairy Sci. Jun 2006;89:2188-99
Abstract
Different feeds or combination of feeds were studied in 11 short-term experiments with the objective to identify concentrates that were especially desirable for cattle. Eating rate of different feeds was studied in 6 experiments using 10 heifers in a Latin square design with 2 blocks of 5 animals, 5 treatments (feeds), and 5 periods (days). Preference as shown by feed choice was studied in 5 experiments with 12 heifers. Paired comparisons of 4 different feeds (1 through 4) in the 6 possible combinations of 1 and 2, 1 and 3, 1 and 4, 2 and 3, 2 and 4, and 3 and 4 were performed. A control feed of ground barley was included in all experiments. In the eating rate and preference experiments, a total of 25 and 16 feeds, respectively, were studied. The categories of feeds studied were basic feeds, such as cereals, soybean meal, and rapeseed products, and feed mixtures based on ground barley with sweet additives or additives based on fat products. Pelleted concentrate mixtures were also evaluated. From the results obtained, the following feeds were identified as being among the most preferred feeds: pelleted feeds, heat-treated rapeseed meal, barley with 10% rapeseed fatty acid, barley with 10% palm oil, and barley with 10% glycerol, whereas ground palm kernel expeller was undesirable. A clear preference for pellets over ground barley was demonstrated, but no difference in preference was observed for the 3 different pellets that were compared.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animal Feed, Animals, Brassica rapa, Cattle, Cereals, Dietary Carbohydrates, Dietary Fats, Eating, Fatty Acids, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified, Female, Food Handling, Food Preferences, Hordeum, Particle Size, Soybeans, Time Factors
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