
%0 Journal Article
%A Toland, PC 
%T Effect of level of feeding a mixed ration of whole wheat grain and hay on the digestion of wheat grain by steers
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1978/02/01
%V 18
%N 90
%P 25-28
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9780025
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9780025 
%X The apparent digestibility of whole grain, proportion of grain voided in the faeces, retention time of whole grain and the rate of ingestion of the ration was measured for a mixed ration of 2/3 $whole wheat and 1/3 hay fed at 1 1/2 per cent and 3 per cent of mean liveweight to eight yearling steers in a cross-over design. Halving the level of intake of 3 per cent of the liveweight was accompanied by an increase in digestibility of grain dry matter from 53.8 to 68.3 per cent, a decrease in the proportion of grain voided from 31.6 to 19.6 per cent, a lengthening of the mean retention time from 31.9 to 52.3 hours and a reduction in the ingestion rate of the ration from 0.24 to 0.21 kg minute-1. 
