Effects of restricted feed intake on blood constituent concentrations in Dorper, Katahdin, and St. Croix sheep from different regions of the USA

Heavy infections of E. acervulina result in a depression in body weight of the host, but anorexia induced by the disease is not the only factor responsible for this, since normal birds starved to the same extent did not lose as much weight. It was shown that the absorption of l-histidine and glucose from the infected part of the small intestine was depressed and may be a contributory factor to this weight loss; restricted feed intake alone tended to increase, rather than decrease, absorption.

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Effect of Restricted Feed Intake on the Growth of Muscle and the Fat Deposition in Broiler Chickens.

Japanese poultry science ◽

10.2141/jpsa.34.363 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 34 (6) ◽

pp. 363-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sukit KHANTAPRAB ◽

Takahiro NIKKI ◽

Kihachiro NOBUKUNI

Keyword(s):

Feed Intake ◽

Broiler Chickens ◽

Fat Deposition ◽

Restricted Feed Intake

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Voluntary feed intake and apparent digestibility in vivo in ponies offered a mature threshed grass hay ad libitum

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science ◽

10.1017/s0308229600033432 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 1998 ◽

pp. 130-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. J. Hyslop ◽

A. L. Tomlinson ◽

A. Bayley ◽

D. Cuddeford

Keyword(s):

Feed Intake ◽

Physical Work ◽

Apparent Digestibility ◽

Voluntary Feed Intake ◽

Grass Hay ◽

Feeding Regimes ◽

Unrestricted Access ◽

Ad Libitum ◽

Restricted Feed Intake

Many mature, non-pregnant, non-lactating equids are often kept in circumstances where they are expected to perform only light physical work or activity eg: a childs pony. Consequently their maintenance energy and protein needs can often be met at very restricted feed intake levels. Conversely, when they are housed during the winter months it is believed desirable to manage such animals on unrestricted ad libitum feeding regimes in order to allow the animals to exhibit their natural feed intake pattern and consume forage on a little and often basis throughout the daily feeding period. However, ad libitum access to the diet may lead to such animals becoming excessively fat. These conflicting needs of low energy and protein requirement coupled with the desirability of unrestricted access to the diet could both be met, at least in part, if a low quality forage is available ad libitum. This study examines the voluntary feed intake and apparent digestibility in vivo of a mature threshed grass hay offered ad libitum and determines its ability to meet the predicted energy and protein needs of mature ponies.

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