Abstract
Objective:Utilizing new technologies such as Allflex eSense Ear Tags to (Allflex Livestock Intelligence, Madison, WI) evaluate the impacts of limit feeding a high-energy diet in the backgrounding phase on daily rumination and activity in growing cattle.
Study Description:This project was conducted in conjunction with the performance backgrounding study at the Kansas State University Beef Stocker Unit in 2019. Crossbred heifers (n = 418) were outfitted with an ear tag that measured rumination and activity throughout the day and the 84-day backgrounding study. This data was continuously collected via an onsite antenna, downloaded to a computer, and analyzed in a software program.
The Bottom Line:High-energy, limit-fed cattle ruminate less than high roughage, ad libitum cattle by 45 minutes in this study. There were no detected differences in animal activity.
Keywords: limit feeding, rumination, activity
How to Cite:
Scilacci, M. A., Tarpoff, A. J., Titgemeyer, E. C., O'Quinn, T. G., Jennings, T., Vahl, C. I., Thomson, D. U., Hollenbeck, W. R. & Blasi, D. A., (2021) “Differences in Rumination and Animal Activity Can Be Quantified by Utilizing New Technologies”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 7(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.8030
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