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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 70, Issue 3 894-903, Copyright © 1992 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effects of source of dietary neutral detergent fiber on chewing behavior in beef cattle fed pelleted concentrates with or without supplemental roughage

C. P. Campbell, S. A. Marshall, I. B. Mandell and J. W. Wilton
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Ten 394-kg, ruminally fistulated Hereford steers were used in a replicated 5 x 5 Latin square design to evaluate the effects of source and level of dietary NDF on chewing activities during eating and rumination. Diets contained 62 to 64% TDN and included 1) 80% pelleted concentrate (control; contained ground grains, fibrous byproducts, molasses, and protein, vitamin, and mineral supplements; 36% NDF, 16% CP) and 20% long timothy hay (67% NDF, 8% CP), 2) 80% control concentrate and 20% alfalfa cubes (56% NDF, 15% CP), 3) 90% control concentrate and 10% alfalfa cubes, 4) a completely pelleted diet using corn cobs as the primary NDF source (40% NDF, 17% CP), and 5) 80% textured (coarse instead of ground grains; 42% NDF, 15% CP) concentrate and 20% hay. Diets were formulated to be similar in NDF content, and dietary protein satisfied NRC recommendations. Chewing during eating did not differ (P greater than .10) between diets containing supplemental roughage but decreased (P less than .001) with the corn cob diet. Rumination chewing decreased (P less than .001) with the corn cob and cube diets. The number of chews per day during eating corrected for NDF intake/BW.75 decreased (P less than .05) in the corn cob diet. Rumination periods and duration increased and latency before rumination decreased in hay diets. Steers fed the corn cob diet tended to be more (P less than .10) consistent in time spent eating across 4-h intervals than steers fed the traditional diet. Replacement of long hay with the completely pelleted corn cob diet decreased rumination activity.


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