TY - JOUR JO - Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences J2 - J. Anim. Feed Sci. SN - 1230-1388 VL - 13 IS - Suppl. 1 PY - 2004 ID - Arieli2004 TI - The effect of non forage fibre on energy balance and feeding behaviour of heat stressed cows AB - We examined the effect of replacing wheat hay with soya hulls on energy balance and feeding behaviour in mid-lactating dairy cows fed with concentrate diets and raised under summer condition. Cows were individually fed and faecal output was assessed by internal marker. Heat production was estimated from heart rate monitoring. Metabolizable energy intake, milk energy, heat production and energy balance, and pattern feed intake were similar in the two dietary groups. It was concluded that replacing forage NDF with NDF from non forage source, like soya hulls, is not an efficient means to reduce metabolic heat production in heat stressed cows. AU - Arieli, A. AU - Rubinstein, A. AU - Moallem, U. AU - Aharoni, Y. AU - Halachmi, I. SP - 615 EP - 618 DA - 2004 DO - 10.22358/jafs/74067/2004 UR - https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/74067/2004 ER -