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Influence of Dietary Forage Neutral Detergent Fiber on Ruminal Fermentation, Chewing Activity, Nutrient Digestion, and Ruminal Microbiota of Hu Sheep.
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- Effects of Graded Levels of Sunflower Hulls in Diets of Naemi Ewes During Late Gestation and Lactation on Colostrum Quality, Milk Composition, Lamb Performance, Survival, and Blood Metabolites.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Meat Quality of Lambs Fed a High-Forage, Low-Starch, High-Oil Diet.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Camelina straw as an eco-friendly forage alternative for finishing lambs: impacts on performance, rumen function and behavior.Veterinary and animal science · 2025Article
- Levels of physically effective neutral detergent fiber from forage and narasin inclusion: performance, carcass traits, meat quality, gastrointestinal fermentation, and rumen histology in feedlot lambs.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Effects of neutral detergent fiber levels on apparent nutrient digestibility and intestinal microbiota composition and function in forest musk deer.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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As the key components of dietary carbohydrates, ensuring a balance between forage-neutral detergent fiber (FNDF) and rumen-degradable starch (RDS) is essential for ruminant health. Eight male Hu sheep equipped with rumen cannulas were randomly divided into four groups based on dietary FNDF content: low FNDF (L-FNDF, 6.08%), middle low FNDF (ML-FNDF, 9.47%), middle high FNDF (MH-FNDF, 12.48%), and high FNDF (H-FNDF, 15.68%), while the RDS levels (15.65% of DM on average) were similar among the four groups. A replicated 4 × 4 Latin square design was employed in this study. The results indicated that mean and minimum ruminal pH increased linearly with increasing dietary FNDF content, while the duration and area of pH under 5.8 and 5.6, along with the acidosis index, reduced linearly (
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