Efficient feeding frequency

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A23K 1/02 (2006.01) A23K 1/18 (2006.01)

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CA 2084709

Ruminant animals, as herbivores, survive and produce while feeding chiefly on grass or other roughage consisting of large amounts of cellulose Ruminants which have been consuming primarily diets high in cellulose must gradually be adjusted to high grain rations. When the attempt is made to adapt and feed ruminants diets containing no roughage, metabolic problems surface. The increase in lactic acid and accompanying fall in rumen pH resulting from roughage or cellulose withdrawal leads not only to the destruction of cellulolytic bacteria which digest cellulose), but to the destruction of lactate utilizing organisms, resulting in acidosis and its attendant adverse effects, which results in less than optimal cattle performance. Herein roughage can be eliminated allowing ruminants to consume an all grain, properly balanced diet without these adverse reactions. A roughage free diet for ruminants is provided which alters the eating behavior of cattle. The diet incorporates ingredients which modify feed consumption patterns of cattle consuming a roughage free diet.

Les ruminants tels que les herbivores vivent et croissent en consommant principalement de l'herbe ou du fourrage constitué de grandes quantités de cellulose. Ceux dont l'alimentation présente en général une teneur élevée en cellulose doivent s'habituer graduellement à des rations riches en grain, sinon on voit apparaître des problèmes du métabolisme lorsqu'on tente de les faire passer à un régime sans fourrage. L'augmentation du taux d'acide lactique et la baisse du pH dans le rumen qui s'ensuit, en raison de l'élimination du fourrage ou de la cellulose, entraînent non seulement la destruction des bactéries cellulolytiques (qui digèrent la cellulose), mais également celle du lactate consommé par les organismes, d'où une acidose et des effets adverses responsable d'un rendement optimal moindre du bétail. On peut, cependant, éliminer le fourrage en offrant aux ruminants une alimentation équilibrée, entièrement à base de grain, sans crainte de réactions adverses. Un régime sans fourrage modifie le comportement alimentaire des ruminants, à causes des ingrédients qu'il comporte.

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