Mastication Effects on Cattle Diet Determined by Microhistological Analysis
Citation
Gross, B. D., Mahgoub, E., & Holechek, J. L. (1983). Mastication effects on cattle diet determined by microhistological analysis. Journal of Range Management, 36(4), 475-476.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3897944Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
This study examined the influence of mastication on the composition of several hand compounded diets fed to esophageally fistulated cattle. Microhistological analysis was used to determine diet sample botanical composition. Mastication had no effect on diet botanical composition. However, considerable variation existed between observers. The use of observers demonstrating high accuracy with hand compounded mixtures and replication of observers are possible ways to maintain accuracy when microhistological analysis is used to evaluate herbivore diets.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3897944