ruminant: Energy in ruminant's diets

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Energy in ruminant's diets

Description

Energy measurements on various ruminant diets

Usage

data(ruminant)

Format

A data frame containing 36 observations on the following 3 variables.

DryMatterDigest

the dry matter digestibility in feed (in percent)

EnergyDigest

the energy digestibility in feed (in percent)

Energy

the digestible energy content (in calories per gram)

Details

The data give measurements of energy of dry feed fed to Merino wethers aged 2 to 2.5 years.

Source

R. J. Moir (1961) A note on the relationship between the digestible dry matter and the digestible energy content of ruminant diets. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, 1, 24–26.

Examples

   data(ruminant)
   plot(ruminant)

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