Essays about: "rumen contents"

Found 5 essays containing the words rumen contents.

  1. 1. Evaluation of liver and fur copper concentrations in dairy cows : in relation to dietary intake of copper and molybdenum

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Ida Hansen; [2023]
    Keywords : copper; copper status; dairy cow; fur; liver; molybdenum; ruminant;

    Abstract : Koppar (Cu) har en avgörande roll i flera viktiga metaboliska funktioner och är en essentiell mineral för idisslare. Kopparbrist kan resultera i ett flertal problem som påverkar djurets hälsa och produktion, men även överutfodring av Cu kan resultera i allvarliga kliniska symptom på grund av ackumulering av Cu i levern. READ MORE

  3. 2. The digesta passage rate among dairy cows with different abilities to consume large quantities of roughage : its impact on the milk production, and the reliability of the chemical fibre marker

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Maria Elisabeth Eklund; [2020]
    Keywords : chemical markers; chromium; chromium mordanted fibre; cobalt; concen-trate level; EDTA; iNDF; mean re-tention time; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; forage consumption; indigestible neutral detergent fibre; liquid digesta phase; MRT; rumen evacuation; sol;

    Abstract : The objectives of the present master thesis were to investigate the passage rate among lactating Holstein and Swedish red dairy cows to investigate the hypotheses of: 1) The cows’ individual total mean retention time (TMRT) has a negative relationship to the cows’ individual forage intake capacity. 2) A reduced TMRT contributes to a reduced feed efficiency, but a higher milk yield. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nutritional ecology of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) and fallow deer (Dama dama L.) : a case study of the browser - grazer dichotomy

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Heidi Rautiainen; [2017]
    Keywords : nutritional ecology; rumen contents; forage selection; deer; Capreolus capreolus; Dama dama;

    Abstract : Nutritional ecology implies the nutritional links between an animal and its environment. On an evolutionary time scale competition for food drives species formation by genetic adaptations to the environment and subsequent niche separation of species. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hur inverkar olika andel vallfoder i utfodringen på produktion, hälsa och beteende hos mjölkkor?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Maria Solheim; [2007]
    Keywords : vallfoder; mjölkko; produktion; hälsa; beteende; kraftfoder;

    Abstract : Cows are ruminants and they need fibers in their feed and sufficient eating time to function psychologically and physiologically. Many of our cows don't get enough forage and too much concentrates, which given in the wrong way may cause health and behavior problems. READ MORE

  6. 5. Faecal characteristics and production of dairy cows inearly lactation

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Anthony Christian Mgbeahuruike; [2007]
    Keywords : Dairy Cow; Faeces; Particle Size; Forages; Image Analysis;

    Abstract : Mgbeahurike . A. C. Faecal characteristics and production ofdairy cows in early lactation. READ MORE