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Effect of double-muscling and of removing straw, fed besides concentrates, on the chewing behaviour of bulls
 
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Department Animal Nutrition and Husbandry, Agricultural Research Centre, Scheldeweg 68, B-9090 Melle, Belgium
 
 
Publication date: 2004-08-30
 
 
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S. De Campeneere   

Department Animal Nutrition and Husbandry, Agricultural Research Centre, Scheldeweg 68, B-9090 Melle, Belgium
 
 
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2004;13(Suppl. 1):627-630
 
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To determine if beef bulls adjust their chewing pattern to avoid ruminal acidosis, the chewing behaviour of double-muscled (dm) and non-dm bulls was studied with a concentrate based diet, with and without straw. The conformation (dm or not) had no influence on chewing behaviour. The removal of the straw resulted in an importantly increased DM-intake. When fed 100% concentrates, significant rumination activity was recorded. Removing the roughage from the diet had no influence on time of eating, but induced a slight shift towards relatively more rumination during the second half of the day.
 
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