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8th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2006, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island Aug 2006

8th Annual Open Government Summit: Access To Public Records Act & Open Meetings Act, 2006, Department Of Attorney General, State Of Rhode Island

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Forage Fibre Digestion, Rates Of Feed Passage And Gut Fill In Juvenile And Adult Red Kangaroos Macropus Rufus Desmarest: Why Body Size Matters, Adam J. Munn, Terence J. Dawson Jan 2006

Forage Fibre Digestion, Rates Of Feed Passage And Gut Fill In Juvenile And Adult Red Kangaroos Macropus Rufus Desmarest: Why Body Size Matters, Adam J. Munn, Terence J. Dawson

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Using red kangaroos Macropus rufus Desmarest, a large (>20 kg) marsupial herbivore, we compared the digestive capabilities of juveniles with those of mature, non-lactating females on high-quality forage (chopped lucerne Medicago sativa hay) of 43 +/- 1% neutral-detergent fibre (NDF) and poorer quality, high-fibre forage (chopped oaten Avena sativa hay) of 64 +/- 1% NDF. On chopped lucerne apparent dry matter (DM) digestibilities by young-at-foot (YAF) red kangaroos (an age that would normally be taking some milk from their mother), weaned juveniles and mature females were similar (55-59%). On chopped oaten hay apparent DM digestibility was lower in the …