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The addition of buffers to ruminant diets helps to maintain ruminal pH and a normal fibrolitic activity, and is a common practice in confinement systems. In pasture-based production systems, the restriction in the time of access to the pasture often leads to rumen pH fluctuations and a lack of digestion. We studied if the addition of a buffer (a mixture composed by NaHCO3 and MgO) in sheep fed only pasture for a restricted time in a day, can improve rumen environment and nutrient utilization.
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This page is a summary of: Use of NaHCO3and MgO as additives for sheep fed only pasture for a restricted period of time per day: effects on intake, digestion and the rumen environment, Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, February 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12173.
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