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Subacute Rumenal Acidosis (view source)
Revision as of 07:38, 27 August 2010
, 07:38, 27 August 2010→Risk Factors
'''Overestimation of forage dry matter content''': The dry matter of forage must be estimated in order to calculate how much of ir should be included in the diet. The cut of for healthy rumen function is a concentrate-to-forage dry matter ration of 60:40; if this is exceeded then SARA can develop. Therefore, if the dry matter content of forage is overestimated, a relatively smaller quantity of the fodder will be included in the diet, tilting the ratio to potentially detrimental proportions.
'''Overestimation of forage dry matter content''': The dry matter of forage must be estimated in order to calculate how much of ir should be included in the diet. The cut of for healthy rumen function is a concentrate-to-forage dry matter ration of 60:40; if this is exceeded then SARA can develop. Therefore, if the dry matter content of forage is overestimated, a relatively smaller quantity of the fodder will be included in the diet, tilting the ratio to potentially detrimental proportions.
[[Image:Cows Eating TMR.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Cows eating a total mixed ration. Source: Wikimedia Commons; Author: Tractorboy60 (2007)]]
'''Overmixing the total mixed ration''':
'''Overmixing the total mixed ration''':
If a diet is overmixed in the TMR mixer wagon, long
If a diet is overmixed in the TMR mixer wagon, long