Factors Affecting the Utilization of Food by Dairy Cows

Abstract

Cotton threads were used by Hoflund, These workers found that on a basic diet of poor quality grass hay, both cellulose breakdown and appetite were stimulated by small amounts of sugar in the diet, but markedly inhibited by excessive amounts of sugar. Excess casein suddenly introduced into a diet low in protein and carbohydrate caused a marked inhibition of cellulose digestion.