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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"ad libitum consumption"”.
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The Effect of Duration of Feed Restriction, Prebreeder Protein Content, and Nesting Material on Growth and Reproductive Performance of Commercial Large White Turkey Breeder Hens
… commercial practices with feed and water for ad libitum consumption until 6 wk of age (WOA). At this time, hens were equally divided among six grower feeding regimens. The treatments were as follows: a) a control group fed standard commercial diets for ad libitum consumption (CON); b) a second …
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Effect of Delayed Wrapping and Wrapping Source on Intake and Digestibility of Alfalfa Silage in Gestating Sheep
… trash containers, then offered randomly for ad libitum consumption to 16 gestating ewes (n = 16; 63.5 ± 1.71 kg BW) to provide 2 observations per treatment for 3 experimental periods. Each period consisted of a 10-d dietary adaptation period followed by 7 d of total fecal and urine …
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Intake, Digestibility, Insitu Disappearance and Ruminal Fermentation of Bermuda Grass Hay by Lactating Beef Cows Offered Corn or Hominy Feed as Supplements
… collected daily. Fresh water was offered for ad libitum consumption. A mineral supplement was offered daily. Titanium dioxide was used as an external marker. Fecal samples were collected twice daily to estimate fecal output. Five consecutive 16 d periods were used, with 10 d for adaptation. …
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Lactational, metabolic, and physiological effects of dietary fats and isoacids on early lactating first-calf Holstein heifers
… fat diets and isoacids. All heifers were allowed ad libitum consumption of a control diet for the first 2 weeks of lactation and then offered experimental diets Eor the next 4 weeks. Each 6 cows of twenty four were randomly assigned to 1) a control diet (C) with 35.2% corn silage, 14.4% alfalfa …
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Strategies to Improve Forage Utilization by Sheep Offered Forage Mixtures
… mean BW = 34.7 ± 6.65 kg) were fed silage for ad libitum consumption, using 5 animals per treatment. Increasing the proportion of NE+ tall fescue improved (P < 0.05) silage total acids and lactic acid concentrations and decreased silage ammonia concentration. Digestible dry matter and organic …
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Role of Histamine, and Its Interaction With Corticotropin Releasing Factor and Bombesin in Food Intake Regulation of Chickens
… and were provided a mash diet and water for ad libitum consumption. All compounds were infused into the right lateral ventricle. Effects were monitored at 15-minute intervals through three hours postinjection. Experiment 1 examined the effects of intracereboventricular (ICV) injections of …
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Effekt einer ad libitum verzehrten fettreduzierten Kost, reich an Obst, Gemüse und Milchprodukten auf den Blutdruck bei Borderline-Hypertonikern
… regelmäßig durchgeführter Ernährungsberatung und ad libitum Verzehr anstelle des streng kontrollierten Studienansatzes bestätigt werden kann. Eine Konstanz der Körpermasse, der Natrium-Urinausscheidung (unter diesem Studienansatz valider als die Aufnahme) und des Alkoholkonsums wurde …
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Effects of Protected Fat When Fed to Dairy Cattle and the Interaction Between Supplemental Fat and Antibiotics in Mixed Cultures.
Fat is added to diets of lactating dairy cattle as an affordable method of increasing the amount of energy available to the animals. Unsaturated fatty acids are desirable end-products of milk production. However, their presence in the rumen can be toxic to ruminal bacteria, which will then decrease …