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Feed Quality and Feed Intake

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Energy Nutrition in Ruminants

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The control of food intake in mammals is highly complex. Some of the factors known to be involved in the initiation of hunger and in the inhibition of eating are listed below.

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Ryle, M., Ørskov, E.R. (1990). Feed Quality and Feed Intake. In: Energy Nutrition in Ruminants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0751-5_8

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