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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1136677" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>WOW, talk about digging up a thread from the grave!... Learned a bit anyhow!</p><p></p><p>And as Michelle said, I have counted how many times my cows chew each mouthful of cud, and found a positive correlation between that an their feed efficiency... it's not surprising really. I found the less efficient animals usually chew it about 40 times, and the more efficient ones around 70 times... That's a whole lot more grinding and mixing with the enzymes in the saliva, which I'm sure is the biggest reason for the improved feed efficiency. I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd guess this is of greater importance when they're fed more fibrous foods.. like grass, as opposed to grains</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1136677, member: 9096"] WOW, talk about digging up a thread from the grave!... Learned a bit anyhow! And as Michelle said, I have counted how many times my cows chew each mouthful of cud, and found a positive correlation between that an their feed efficiency... it's not surprising really. I found the less efficient animals usually chew it about 40 times, and the more efficient ones around 70 times... That's a whole lot more grinding and mixing with the enzymes in the saliva, which I'm sure is the biggest reason for the improved feed efficiency. I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd guess this is of greater importance when they're fed more fibrous foods.. like grass, as opposed to grains [/QUOTE]
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