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Comparison of Bite-Count and Rumen Evacuation Techniques to Estimate Cattle Diet Quality

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Damiran, Daalkhaijav, DelCurto, Timothy, Findholt, Scott L., Johnson, Bruce K., and Vavra, Martin

Abstract:

We conducted a study to compare the bite-count technique (BC) of estimating forage intake and synthesized diet quality to direct estimates of diet quantity and quality with the use of the rumen evacuation technique (RE). We used four rumen-fistulated steers to evaluate both techniques. Four enclosures in a mixed-conifer rangeland...

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