[Jacob-list] minimum fiber length for rumen health - Neal?

[Linda]

Thanks, Neal

I figured you would know. In defense of UGA, I have to admit that I was quoting someone quoting UGA.  I will hang my head in shame for a brief (very brief) moment :-)

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn


> Do what? These UGA people are dumb. OK, I shouldn't be judgmental.

>

> Corn has practically no fiber and fermentation of the high starch

> content will actually "burn" the rumen without additional fiber

> sources to. Ruminants put on high grain diets on feedlots need an

> acclimation period to convert them to more of a simple stomached

> animal.

>

> Hay cubes and silage work OK in sheep even though they do not

> provide adequate fiber length for dairy cattle. Dairy cattle

> require a portion of the diet that is 2 - 3 inches (bite size).  

> Oddly enough, cottonseed hulls work well to provide fiber in diets

> that are deficient in digestible fiber.

>

> Neal


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