Forage particle size, rather than dietary iNDF concentration, affects chewing activity and lactation performance in lactating dairy goats
Mostafa Soufizadeh, Rasoul Pirmohammadi, Younes Ali Alijoo, Hamed Khalilvandi-Behroozyar, Behzad Asadnezhad, Abdelfattah Zeidan Mohamed Salem · 2026
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Mostafa Soufizadeh and colleagues feed lactating dairy goats diets that vary in forage particle size and in fiber that the rumen cannot digest, in a 2026 feeding trial. Chewing drives saliva flow and rumen health, so feed form matters for milk. Cows dominate past work, leaving goats, with their picky feeding habits, less well mapped.
Particle size, not the share of indigestible fiber, drove intake, chewing, milk yield, and milk fat. Long particles near twenty millimeters raised chewing time and milk fat, yet cut intake, milk output, and feed efficiency. Rumen acidity and most ferment measures held steady across diets. The goats sorted their feed sharply and shifted behavior, which the authors credit for the stable rumen.
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| CREATOR | Mostafa Soufizadeh, Rasoul Pirmohammadi, Younes Ali Alijoo, Hamed Khalilvandi-Behroozyar, Behzad Asadnezhad, Abdelfattah Zeidan Mohamed Salem |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 90028 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |