Dairy cow nutrition

8 important questions on Dairy cow nutrition

What is the function of the retucular groove?

It is for calves, milk should not get into the rumen. Milk flows from the esophagus directly into the abomasum

Where does degredation maily occur in cattle?

In the rumen

Large feed particles are stored in the leaves of the:

Omasum
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In the rumen, one nutrient is not degraded, this is:

Fat

NDF or nutrial detergiant fibre is:

All the fibre in the diet

ADF or acid detergiant fibre is:

All that is left after acid treatment.
Cellulose and hemicellulose

ADL or acid detergent ligand is:

Only the ligand is left

What functions as acid buffer in the rumen and is a NPN source?

Urea is a non protein nitrogen source

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