Effects of Forage:Concentrate Ratio on Growth Performance, Ruminal Fermentation and Blood Metabolites in Housing-feeding Yaks

Autor: G. J. Chen, S. D. Song, B. X. Wang, Z. F. Zhang, Z. L. Peng, C. H. Guo, J. C. Zhong, Y. Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 28, Iss 12, Pp 1736-1741 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1011-2367
1976-5517
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.15.0419
Popis: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of forage: concentrate ratio (F:C) on growth performance, ruminal fermentation and blood metabolites of housing-feeding yaks. Thirty-two Maiwa male yaks (initial body weight = 207.99±3.31 kg) were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments (8 yaks per treatment). Experimental diets were: A, B, C, D which contained 70:30, 60:40, 50:50 and 40:60 F:C ratios, respectively. Dry matter intake and average daily gain in yaks fed the C and D diets were greater (p0.05) among treatments. Treatment C had a higher concentration of total protein and high density lipoprotein (p
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