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A note on the effect of the dry-matter concentration in forages on water consumption of yearling steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. Sekine  and
Y. Asahida
J. Sekine
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
Y. Asahida
Affiliation:
Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
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Abstract

Water consumption has been considered to be a function of dry-matter (DM) intake (Leitch and Thomson, 1944; Winchester and Morris, 1956). Thus, water requirement for ruminants has been presented as kg per unit of DM intake (Agricultural Research Council (ARC), 1965; Japanese Agricultural and Fishery Technology Council, 1974). Little work, however, has been done on the effect of the DM concentration of a diet on water consumption in cattle.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , December 1987 , pp. 527 - 529
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1987

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