Voluntary dry matter intake (VDMI) of forages by ruminants may be limited by distention
resulting from restricted flow of digesta through the gastrointestinal tract. An animal's …

The development and occurrence of anorexia, the voluntary reduction in food intake during
parasitic infections in animals, is somewhat paradoxical and contrary to conventional …

Feeding behaviour--Feedbacks from the gastrointestinal tract--Metabolites and hormones--
Central nervous system and the special senses--Learning about food; conditioned …

Experiments on Angus steer progeny following a single generation of divergent selection for
residual feed intake suggest that there are many physiological mechanisms contributing to …

An evaluation of the factors affecting silage dry-matter intake (SDMI) of dairy cows was
conducted based on dietary treatment means. The data were divided into six subsets based …

The weak point in all current methods or models of diet formulation is the prediction of
intake. The major uncertainty is not in the cases in which physical constraints apply, but in …

In animals, including humans, free access to high-quality (generally energy-dense) food can
result in obesity, leading to physiological and health problems. Consequently, various …

Foraging behavior provides the mechanistic link between species performance and food
resources in the environment. I document the foraging responses of a browsing ruminant …

Optimality models are used as a tool for studying design in the context of natural selection. It
has often been pointed out (eg Parker & Maynard Smith 1990) that it is not necessary to …

Voluntary food intake and the selection between foods are important subjects especially in
ruminants in view of the economic importance of this class of animal and the complex …