… Sutton, JD 1985. Digestion and absorption of energy substratcs in the lactating cow. J. … 61
Sutton, JD 1987. The effect of carbohydrate composition of concentrates on the response to low…

Feeding allows relatively rapid changes to be made in the yield and composition of milk. The
largest effects are on the concentration of fat, with only small changes possible in protein …

Five lactating dairy cows with a permanent cannula in the rumen were given (kg DM/d) a
normal diet (7.8 concentrates, 5.1 hay) or a low-roughage (LR) diet (11.5 concentrates, 1.2 hay) …

1. The effects of three levels of linseed oil (LSO) supplementation of a basal diet on rumen
digestion and flow of nutrients to the proximal duodenum of three mature sheep provided with …

The study set out to examine the effects of supplementing grass silage with various levels of
protein concentration and degradability on dietary nitrogen (N) excretion in lactating dairy …

1. Six wether sheep were each provided with a permanent cannula in the rumen and re-entrant
cannulas in the proximal duodenum.2. In a preliminary study, the sheep consumed 200 g …

Manipulation of diet composition and meal frequency can produce different patterns of energy
utilization from the same amount of digestible energy in the lactating cow. Estimates of the …

Changes in body composition of 54, second to fourth parity, autumn-calving Holstein-Friesian
dairy cows offered grass silage ad libitum and 3(L), 6(M) or 9(H) kg concentrate dry matter …

1. The basic assumptions involved in one- and two-compartment models with age-independent
distributed residence times (exponential, G1) for describing digesta flow are reviewed as …

Fifty-five multiparous Holstein-Friesian cows were used in a 20-week continuous design study
to determine the effect of maize silage maturity on food intake and milk production. Forage …