Effective fibre in dairy cow feed

The level of neutral detergent fibre (NDF) in the animal ration influences the animal’s intake of dry matter and the time of rumination. NDF1 is the most common measure of fibre used for animal feed analysis. It measures most of the structural components in plant cells (i.e. lignin, hemicellulose, cellulose). The level of NDF in the animal ration influences the animal’s intake of dry matter and the time of rumination. “When a forage has a very high NDF, it is negatively correlated with