Sheep with oesophageal fistulas were used in sham-feeding experiments to assess how sham intakes were affected by (a) physical form of straw (finely and coarsely ground; ground and pelleted), (b) type of food (straw pellets v. lucerne (Medicago sativa) hay pellets) and (c) additions of monosodium glutamate (MSG) with or without NaCl to the various straw diets. Normal animals were also fed on di...

The increasing production of renewable gases has been driving attention to perennial energy crop production, particularly the problem choosing an attractive and effective way produce supply chain from farmer biogas plant. crops for may provide excellent chance a sustained bioeconomy help minimize total environmental effect section. This study aims demonstrate scenarios associated with five crop...

Root- and shoot-feeding herbivores have the capacity to influence one another by modifying the chemistry of the shared host plant. This can alter rates of nutrient mineralization and uptake by neighboring plants and influence plant-plant competition, particularly in mixtures combining grasses and legumes. Root herbivory-induced exudation of nitrogen (N) from legume roots, for example, may incre...

QUESTION UNDER STUDY In the first year after implementation of a public smoking ban a significant decrease in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was observed in Graubünden. In the present study we analyzed the incidence of AMI in the second year of the ban. In addition, we investigated the contribution of smoking ban-unrelated factors to the reduced incidence of AMI incidence ob...

Six mature sheep were fed restricted amounts of either a medium quality roughage or a 1 : 1 mixture of the roughage and barley grain. Disappearance of DM of three roughages (barley straw, oat hay and lucerne hay) from synthetic ®bre bags incubated in the rumen for 6 and 24 h was determined. Also, during intraruminal infusions of NH4C1, synthetic ®bre bags containing each of the three roughages ...

AIM To evaluate some forage feeds of ruminants in terms of their carbohydrate (CHO) and protein fractions using Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eleven ruminant feeds (six green fodders - maize, oat, sorghum, bajra, cowpea, berseem and five range herbages - para grass, guinea grass, hedge lucerne, setaria grass and hybrid napier) were selected for thi...