Physical and chemical characteristics of dietary ingredients and their interactions can have a
large effect on dry matter intake (DMI) of lactating cows. Physical limitations caused by …

The content of ruminally fermented OM in the diet affects the fiber requirement of dairy cattle.
Physically effective fiber is the fraction of feed that stimulates chewing activity. Chewing, in …

Twelve multiparous, rumen, cannulated cows (17 DIM) were fed 25 or 35% NDF diets
without or with added rumen-inert bulk as water-filled plastic containers (500ml each) within …

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of applying a fibrolytic enzyme
preparation to diets with high (48% of diet dry matter, DM) or low (33% of diet DM) …

Although many nonforage fiber sources have high extents of neutral detergent fiber (NDF)
digestion, most have rates of digestion similar to or slower than the rates of forage NDF …

Chemical analysis of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) provides a useful description of forages
and other feeds. However, use of NDF as the sole measure of the fiber contribution of a feed …

Meta-analysis was applied to evaluate the relationships between dietary NDF and voluntary
intakes of DM and net energy by cattle from 2 databases. The databases were configured …

This study aimed to investigate the effects of the oat hay feeding method and compound
probiotics (CMP) on the growth, health, serum antioxidant and immune indicators, rumen …

Intake of physically effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) of dairy cows was altered by
adjusting the proportion of forage in the diet and forage particle length, and effects on …

Twenty-eight male, weaned Chinese Holstein calves ((156.8±33.4) kg) were used to
investigate the effects of dietary forage to concentrate ratio (F: C) and forage length on …