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Adaptation to changes in dietary composition, level and frequency of feeding

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Digestive Physiology and Metabolism in Ruminants

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Adaptation in the metabolism of the animal, in the microbial metabolism in the rumen or by feeding techniques should be understood to involve adjustments in the natural regulation systems preventing digestive and metabolic disorders when changes are made in type and composition of rations. Disorders that may occur include chronic latent rumen acidosis with consequences such as parakeratosis ruminis, ruminitis chronica hyperplastica, ruminitis liver abscess complex, laminitis chronica, subclinical ketosis and eventually a cerebro-cortical necrosis as well as, finally, acute rumen acidosis which can be followed by acute ruminitis or acute laminitis9,10. The main factors involved in adaptation are dietary composition and level of feeding. Both of them can be discussed separately.

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Kaufmann, W., Hagemeister, H., Dirksen, G. (1980). Adaptation to changes in dietary composition, level and frequency of feeding. In: Ruckebusch, Y., Thivend, P. (eds) Digestive Physiology and Metabolism in Ruminants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8067-2_28

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