Table 3.
Feeding behavior of heifers fed diets containing dried corn distillers grains plus solubles or hempseed cake
Item | Treatments1 | SEM | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
DDGS | Hemp | |||
Events, per d | ||||
Visits2 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 5.5 | 0.35 |
Meals3 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 0.87 |
Time eating, min | ||||
Per visit | 2.64 | 2.82 | 0.31 | 0.56 |
Per meal | 13.6 | 13.4 | 0.9 | 0.75 |
Per day | 138 | 135 | 8 | 0.67 |
Eating rate, kg | ||||
Per visit | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.32 |
Per meal | 1.40 | 1.44 | 0.08 | 0.68 |
Per min | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.79 |
Treatments consisted of 20% DDGS or 20% Hemp (DM basis) in a finishing ration.
Visit is defined as each time the Insentec system detected a heifer at the bunk.
Meal is defined as eating periods combined if the break between was not longer than 7 min.