roughage


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coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients

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In one dietary treatment, roughage quality was enhanced by treating veld hay with 4% (w/w) urea for 40 days to give hay of improved roughage quality (IRQ) and the other treatment was untreated veld hay with poor roughage quality (PRQ) (Table 1).
The aim of this study was to evaluate the feeding behavior of Santa Ines ram lambs in the feedlot receiving diets without roughage in different amounts.
The animal was given green roughages from nineteenth day onwards.
Animals fed on a same concentrate diet to roughage 70:30 its components 0.38 kg corn, 0.15 kg barley, 0.10 kg soybeans 0.35 kg bran wheat, 2 kg lime and salts.
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Although the concentrate feed has the key role in reducing the slaughter age of beef cattle and hence improve the meat quality, the roughage fraction is a large portion of the diet for feedlot animals slaughtered in Brazil - around 40% in DM (Fugita et al., 2012; Maggioni et al., 2009).
Quote: On the secret of his success: "I put it all down to clean living and plenty of roughage."
Washington, June 5 ( ANI ): A new research suggests that the trendy "paleo" diet a plant-based diet inspired by the idea that human ancestors mainly consumed roughage may not be so good at suppressing appetite.
If heavy snow falls, it may be necessary to feed roughage until the snow melts.
If ever there was a word to dissuade dinnertime excitement and conjure instead images of excessive quantities of bland roughage primarily consumed to assist smooth excretion, it's "fiber."
Colleagues at Michigan State University had pre-treated the roughage to make it easier to digest.
The youth-oriented channel regularly gives us some of the most thought-provoking documentaries on the box, and the latest also offers much-needed TV roughage in a schedule filled with small-screen candy floss.